Lesson 891 of 1524
Immunological Function
The immune system is an intricate and complex system of specialized cells, organs, and tissues
Practice this chapterThe immune system is an intricate and complex system of specialized cells, organs, and tissues The main functions of the immune system are to recognize and destroy harmful substances or malignant cells, fight and remove disease-causing pathogens, and remove and destroy dead or damaged cells
Natural (innate) immunity is nonspecific and present at birth. Acquired (adaptive) immunity develops after birth in response to specific pathogens
immune system — an intricate and complex system of specialized cells, organs, and tissues. immunity — body’s specific, protective response to a foreign agent or organism. immunocompetent — state of having an efficient immune system that is able to carry out functions properly. primary immunodeficiency — immunodeficiency that is genetic and typically hereditary and present at birth.
Worked example
What does “immune system” mean in Immunological Function?
- 1Use the wording this chapter gives for immune system.
- 2The book says: an intricate and complex system of specialized cells, organs, and tissues.
- 3Do not use the meaning of immunity. That term means body’s specific, protective response to a foreign agent or organism.
Result: an intricate and complex system of specialized cells, organs, and tissues
Why. That is the meaning this chapter gives for immune system.
Do not swap immune system and immunity. immune system means an intricate and complex system of specialized cells, organs, and tissues. immunity means body’s specific, protective response to a foreign agent or organism.
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