Classwork
#72 – Immune System Overview Part 2: Immune Responses
Answer all of the
following questions to the best of your ability in complete sentences.
1. When Bethany was six,
she contracted the chicken pox virus from her older sister. Describe (in
detail) how she created antibodies to response to this pathogen.
2. How is the role of the
helper T cell and cytotoxic T cell different in the specific immune response?
3. Describe the difference
between antigens and antibodies.
4. HIV infection destroys
the helper T cells in the immune system. Why is this so devastating to the
immune system? Be specific.
5. Why do you think it is
beneficial for the human body to possess both non-specific and specific immune
responses?
6. In a disease called severe combined immune deficiency, a
child is born without T cell immunity. Evaluate the effects of this disease.
Try to be specific.
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