• BIO 381 Pathophysiology
  • WEEK 1. INNATE IMMUNITY AND INFLAMMATION
  • WEEK 2. ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY, LEUKEMIA, AND OTHER BLOOD CELL PATHOLOGIES
  • WEEK 3. HEMOSTASIS AND RED BLOOD CELLS
  • WEEK 4. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
  • WEEK 5. ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
  • WEEK 6. NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
  • WEEK 7. MIDTERM EXAM
  • WEEK 8. DISORDERS OF GI FUNCTION
  • WEEK 9. RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
  • WEEK 10. SKELETAL, VISION, AND HEARING DISORDERS
  • WEEK 11. PAIN, HEADACHE, AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS
  • WEEK 12. RENAL DISORDERS
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    Innate Immunity

    What is the immune system? The immune system is our body’s way of keeping out pathogens, fighting cancer, removing damaged/dead cells or tissues, and initiating repair of damage. As you learned in your anatomy and physiology classes, the immune system is divided into two main categories and each have specific jobs to ensure our body stays healthy.

    Innate immunity is considered a nonspecific defense against pathogens that consists of physical and chemical barriers.

    Adaptive immunity is our body’s specific defense against invaders and is governed by cells called lymphocytes. This division of our immune system creates memory cells that enable our bodies to more easily prevent reinfection if we come in contact with the same pathogen again.

    Our immune system has 3 lines of defense:

    The First Line of Defense

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