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| Immunity | a specific response to an invasion by forgein or other substances |
| Antigens | substances that provoke such a response |
| Antibodies | protien production; when the immune system responds |
| Acquired immunity | the protection an animal develops against certain types of microbes or foreign substances |
| Actively | when a person is exposed to microorganisms or foreign substances and the immune system responses |
| Passively | when the antibodies are transffered from one person to another |
| Natural acquired active immunity | obtained when a person is exposed to antigens in the course of daily life |
| Subclinical infection | will not produce noticible symptoms |
| Natural aquired passive immunity | involves the natural transfer of antibodies from a mother to her infant |
| Colostrem | first secretions of the breastmilk |
| Artificial acquired active immunity | results from vaccinations |
| Artificial acquired passive immunity | involves introduction of antibodies into the body |
| Antiserum | a genetic term for blood drewed fliuds containing antibodies |
| Serology | the study of reactions between antibodies and antigens |
| Globulins | proteins that separate into fractions/ simple protiens w/ certain solibility characteristics |
| Humoral Immunity | involves the production of antibodies that act against foreign organism and substances |
| B cell | produces antibodies: against bacteria toxins, viruses that are circulating freely in the body's fluids |
| T cell | act against foreign organisms or tissues |
| cell mediated immunity | involves specialized lymphocytes called t cells |
| naptens | a foreign substance that hs a low molecular weight is often not ntigenic unless it is attached to a carrier molecule |
