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Immunity to infection

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What is the name given to microorganisms that are normally found on us, and may be beneficial?
Commensal
What type of pathogens are those which rarely cause disease unless the hosts defences are weakened?
Opportunistic
To the nearest 10 roughly what percent of human genes are involved in immunity?
10%
The immune system is generally split into two systems, which of the systems is highly specific to each pathogen?
Adaptive
Raised C reactive protein and fibrinogen levels in blood can be used to dispaly that what is present?
Infection
Localised acute inflammation is classically as displaying five key things the initials of which are. C? from increased blood flow
Calor/heat
D? Due to bradykinin secretion in the area
Dolor/pain
R? Vasodilation/increased blood flow
Rubor/redness
T? Increased exudate
Tumor/swelling
LoF? Combination of reasons
Loss of function
What is the name of liver macrophages
Kupffer cells
What is the one type of cell to come from the common lymphoid precursor to not be part of the adaptive immune system?
NK cell
What is the name given to the process in which leukocytes are generated in the bone marrow
Haematopoiesis
There are three types of granulocyte basophil, neutrophil and what third?
Eosinophil
Neutrophils are very short lived partially as they use their DNA in neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) to phagocytose microorganism, what is the common term for how this is seen in infection?
Pus
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