Immune System

Immune System Immunologist: Dr. Tiofilo, Dr. Joe, Dr. Richard, Dr. Erick

OVERALL FUNCTION The Immune system collects excess fluid that

leaks out the blood capillaries, cleans and filters the fluid and returns it to the blood.

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The spleen and thymus are some of the contributors that help the immune system fight of infections. The spleens main job is to filter and clean the lymph of cell fragments, and the thymus helps produce white blood cells that help the body fight off pathogens, parasites, and more.

Your skin is your bodies first line of defense, the skin surrounds and protects your insides. The skin also has secretes oils and sweat, which make the skin hyper tonic and acidic. Many pathogens can’t survive this kind of environment.

Some cells that help fight the body’s infections are phagocytes, T cells, B cells. Phagocyte is a cell that destroys pathogens by surrounding them. T cells destroy body cells that are infected with pathogens, and B cells produce proteins that inactivate pathogens that have not been infected. B ce ll, T ce ll

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Some immunity’s that prevent a person from getting sick from a pathogen are passive and active immunity. Passive immunity is immunity that occurs without the body’s undergoing an immune response. Active immunity is immunity that your body produces in response to a specific pathogen that has infected(ing) your body.