Honors/Pre-IB Biology Immune System Review (Ch. 31)

1. What is the function of the immune system? (1)

2. What is a pathogen? What are some examples of pathogen? (1)

3. Compare and contrast innate immunity and acquired immunity. (2)

4. What are the four examples of our first line of defense? How does fever help the immune system? (2)

5. List five examples of WBC. How are they different? (2)

6. What is the difference between passive and active immunity? (2)

7. What does an interferon do? (1)

8. List the steps of an inflammatory response. (4)

9. What is pus made of? (1)

10. What is phagocytosis? What cells are involved in this process? (2)

11. What is the relationship between skeletal system and immune system? (1)

12. Where are the T cells and B cells produced? Where do they mature? (2)

13. What are different types of T cells? What do they do? (2)

14. What are antigens? What is the relationship between antigen and antibody? (2)

15. How does an antibody act on a pathogen? (1)

16. How are B-plasma cells different from B-memory cells? (1)

17. Once you had a disease or got vaccinated, you are immune to the disease. What is a vaccine and how does it work? (2)

18. How do bacteria cause harms in humans? (1)

19. How does virus infect human body cells or cause diseases? (1)

20. List three examples of bacterial diseases. How are bacterial diseases treated? (2)

21. List three examples of viral diseases. How are viral diseases treated? (2)

22. What is AIDS? Why do people with AIDS suffer from many diseases? (2)

23. What part of the immune system does HIV attack? (1)

24. What is the function of the lymphatic system? What are lymph nodes? Lymphocytes? Lymph? (3)

25. What is an allergy? (1)

26. What is an autoimmune disease? (1)