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The ability to ward (fight) off damage or disease through our defenses
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Immunity or resistance
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Lack of resistance is called _____
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Susceptibility
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2 types of immunity
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Nonspecific immunity
specifiic immunity
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Nonspecific immunity is
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Present at birth
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Nonspecific immunity has no specific recognition of ________ and no ______ _______
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Invaders
memory component
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Nonspecific immunity is made of up:
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2 lines of defense (1st and 2nd line of defense)
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Specific Immunity has specific recognition of ______ with a ______ _______ and involves ______
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Invaders
memory component
lymphocytes
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Pathogens have to get past-
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1st line of defense
2nd line of defense
then
specific immunity
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Whenever you hear specific immunity, think of -
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Lymphocytes
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4 components for the lymphatic system
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Lymph
lymphatic vessels
structures and organs containing lymphatic tissue
red bone marrow
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Red bone marrow is the site of _____ production
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Lymphocyte
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3 functions of the lymphatic system-
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-drain excess interstitial fluid
-transport dietary lipid by lacteals
-carry our immune responses
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Lacteals transport digested fat from ______ into ______
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Intestine
blood
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Lymphatic vessels and lymph _______
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Circulation
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Lymphatic vessels begin as lymphatic _________
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Capillaries
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