Nonspecific Defenses - Page 2

Questions
  • Which system fights off disease?
  • Vaccination produces what type of immunity?
  • What vitamin, when consumed at very high doses, may be able to reduce blood cholesterol levels?
  • What is the body's first line of defense against bacteria and viruses?
  • What are some body fluids that can transmit AIDS?
  • Where are villi found and what is their importance?
  • Where are receptors for acetylcholine located?
  • What type of white blood cells consumes microorganisms?
  • What are all viruses made of?
  • If an individual's pancreatic islets have been destroyed, what will happen?
  • Describe cerebrospinal fluid including its composition,formation,function?
  • What is your best advice for helping me to succeed as a nursing student taking college level anatomy and physiology and microbiology?
  • In a person with a normally functioning brain, what part of the brain typically controls speech?
  • In the central nervous system, myelln is formed by cells called what?
  • Doctors often count the amount of lymphocytes in a person's blood to see if they have certain illnesses. Why would this be a useful test?
  • The immune system is responsible for protecting our bodies against infection. Lymphocytes remove foreign body invaders by surrounding the infection and eating the bacteria. What is this process called?
  • Physicians often ask for urine samples collected over a 24-hour period, rather than a single sample. Why?
  • Where do antibodies come from and what function do they have?
  • After attacking the pathogens by B & T cells, What will happen to dead pathogens? where will be they recycled?
  • What type of electromagnetic waves does your body emit?