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Body Defenses
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GCSE Biology (Body Defenses) Mind Map on Body Defenses, created by elliejayne on 14/09/2013.
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Body Defenses
MICRO-ORGANISMS = CAUSE DISEASES = PATHOGENS
EITHER...
PRODUCE TOXINS
DAMAGE CELLS
BACTERIA
VIRUSES
IGNATZ SEMMELWEISS DISCOVERED CLEANING HANDS REDUCED BACTERIA
ANTISEPTICS USED TO KILL PATHOGENS
INFECTIONS PASSED FROM ONE ANOTHER
SNEEZING/COUGHING
FOOD / DRINK
BREAKS IN SKIN
BODY
SKIN > BARRIER
PREVENT PATHOGENS ENTERING
LUNGS > MUSCOUS
TRAPS MICRO-ORGANISMS
HAIRS > SWEEP
REMOVED FROM BODY > COUGH / SNEEZE / VOMIT
STOMACH > ACID
ACID DESTROYS
ARMY INSIDE
WHITE BLOOD CELLS
INGEST
TAKE IN AND STOP REPRODUCTION
PRODUCE ANTI-BODIES
SPECIAL CHEMICAL > SPECIFIC TO EACH PATHOGEN
IF SAME PATHOGEN ATTACKS, ANTI-BODIES PRODUCE RAPIDLY
PRODUCE ANTI-TOXINS
NEUTRALISE PATHOGEN
CUTS > PATHOGENS MAY ENTER
BLOOD = PLASMA
PLATELETS
CLOT > SCAB = PREVENTS
WBC
RBC
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