Adaptive (Specific) Defenses or Immunity

Adaptive (specific) defenses or immunity

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Immunity is the ________ line of defense
Third
Immunity refers to
Resistance to specific pathogens or their toxins or metabolic by-products
Immunity is mediated by
Lymphocytes Macrophages
Immunity responds to
Antigens
Antigen is
Foreign substance to which lymphocytes respond
Haptens is
Small molecules that cannot stimulate an immune response unless it is combined with larger molecules
Haptens include
Dustanimal danderpenicillinother drugs, household, and industrial chemicals
Lympocytes originate in
Red bone marrow
Lymphocytes originate in red bone marrow during
Fetal and embryonic life
About ______ of lymphocytes are released into circulation as ________
Halfundifferentiated lymphocytes
Undifferentiated lymphocytes in ______ are specialized into __________
ThymusT-cells
____ to _____ % of T cells circulate into the blood
70-80
T cells are found in
Lymphatic organs such as lymph nodes, thoracic duck, and white pulp of spleen
Non-differentiated lymphocytes remain in the
Red bone marrow
Non-differentiated lymphocytes differentiate into
B cells