Immune System

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What is the role of the immune system?

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To protect the body from disease-causing agents

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What are the two groups of the immune system?

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Acquired and Innate

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The innate immune system is...

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Always working and doesn't require any special preparation

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The acquired immune system is...

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Needs to be "primed" before it can work to its full effectiveness

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Fluid in the spaces between tissues is called...

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Interstitial fluid

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True or false: The lymphatic vessels are directly connected to the blood vessels

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True

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Which organ filters foreign material from the blood?

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Spleen

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B-lymphocytes...

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Secrete antibodies

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T-lymphocytes...

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Destroy foreign pathogens marked by antibodies

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Antibodies are chains of...

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Proteins

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1