Immune System
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- HIV can be caused from
- sexual contact
- Antigen
- a substance that stimulates an immune response
- The most common means of HIV transmission is
- sexual intercourse with a person infected with HIV
- Pathogen
- an organism that causes diseases
- A parisite is
- a predator that harms an individual by feeding on its host.
- A diagnosis of AIDS is made when a person has
- Fewer than 200 ml T Cells
- Allergy
- Inappropriate reaction to a harmless substance
- Where is the spleen located?
- under the left side of the rib cage
- When does HIV begin to reproduce
- shortly after infection
- The purpose of the immune system is
- to protect us from the bacteria, microbes, toxins, viruses, parasites that try to invade our body
- Cause of Swelling is:
- Histamin releases white blood cells and fluids to the injurred area causing swelling once the cells dial
- Antibody
- Defensive proteins secreted by plasma cell
- Antibodies protect your body against diseased when exposed to a virus by:
- destorying substances that enter the body and cause disease
- What is the role of Helper T Cells
- They control the cell mediated immune response