Monday, January 18, 2010
Acquired Immunity.
With the human immune system, Innate Immunity is only the body's first defense. There are always cases where bacterial pathogens get past our first blocking immune defenses. When the pathogens do get past our first defenses, internally, we still do have other defenses. With acquired immunity, the pathogens have already entered the system and have started to affect the system, thus creating sickness. What the body now does starts with the blood cells. When the pathogens are identifided with the antigens, our white blood cells start to produce antibodies. Our antibodies climg onto the pathogens, grouping them togeter until they can safely be dissolved or eaten by other cells.
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