Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Immunity (Overview)
- Ability to resist damage from
foreign substances as
microorganisms and harmful
chemicals
- Innate Immunity
- Mechanical mechanisms: prevent
entry or remove microbes
- skin
- tears
- saliva
- mucus
- coughing and sneezing
- Adaptive Immunity
- Specificity
- ability to recognize a particular substance
- Memory
- ability to remember previous
encounters with a particular substance
and respond rapidly