Study Guide Immune System

To-Do Date: Oct 16 at 11:59am

In this cartoon, the White Blood Cells are planning to attack a pathogen. Can you tell what type of pathogen?  Which WBC is most likely to be ''pointing'' out the enemy? Which type of WBC is most likely to be in the ''audience''?  How does that cartoon relate to the one below it ?  ( Might want to see the original Michelangelo painting here Links to an external site. ) 

 

 

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 The Immune System

All organisms need a way to protect themselves from pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, parasites,, as well as from toxic substances.   Humans, like other mammals, have an immune system that has evolved to protect us in several different ways.  

In this module, we will learn the basics ( and I do mean basics)  of the human immune system in order to understand how we fight off viral infections.  The immune system can be a bit overwhelming since there is a lot of new vocabulary and many different parts of the system. 

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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

• • Identify the main goal of our innate system and the cells, tissues that respond to protect us from anything that doesn't belon gin our body. 
  • Explain how the adaptive immune system responds to pathogens, both the first time we encounter them, and how the adaptive immune system recognizes and destroys them the second time. 

Immunology is filled with jargon and vocabulary. Here is a list of what I think is important and you should know:

• • Bone Marrow
  • Lymph nodes, lymph fluid
  • Pathogen
  • Bacteria
  • Virus
  • Parasite
  • Antigen
  • Antibody
  • Phagocytosis
  • Histamines
  • Inflammation
  • Antigen Presenting Cell
  • Helper T-Cells
  • Cytotoxic T-Cells
  • B-Cells
  • Memory Cells