The immune system (AQA GCSE Biology Combined Science): Quizzes
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What are the main soldiers in your immune system that fight off infections?
What are the main soldiers in your immune system that fight off infections?
White blood cells
What is the process called when white blood cells engulf and destroy pathogens?
What is the process called when white blood cells engulf and destroy pathogens?
Phagocytosis
What are antibodies?
What are antibodies?
Special proteins made by white cells
How specific are antibodies?
How specific are antibodies?
Each type works against one pathogen
What are antigens?
What are antigens?
Unique markers on pathogen's surface
What do antitoxins do?
What do antitoxins do?
Neutralise poisons from pathogens
What are memory lymphocytes?
What are memory lymphocytes?
White cells that remember pathogens
What happens during the primary immune response?
What happens during the primary immune response?
Slow recognition, you feel ill
How much faster can the secondary immune response be compared to the primary response?
How much faster can the secondary immune response be compared to the primary response?
Up to 1000 times faster
Why can you only get measles once?
Why can you only get measles once?
Memory cells make you immune