Immune System Concept Map

Immune System Concept Map

1. Specific Immune System (Acquired/Adaptive)

   • Interleukin Message
     • Captures a Bacteria
     • Alerts. . .
   • Lymphocytes!
     • B-Lymphocytes
       • (Matures in Bone Marrow)
       • Memory B-Cells
         • Watch everything that goes down and remembers. Exists for a long time so that they can be cloned in case the foreign invader returns.
       • Plasma Cells
         • Army of Clones equipped with antibody machine guns that zap everything (eventually die and break down after victory)
     • T-Lymphocytes
       • (Matures in Thymus Gland)
       • Natural Killers
         • Also called Cytotoxic T-Cells
         • By injecting poison, kills cells that have changed their MHC Marker due to changes in DNA (like cancerous cells) and cells that have become ill and dropped their MHC Markers.
       • Helper T-Cells
         • Communicators
         • Help identify the captured invaders and also send Interleukin Messages
         • Also alerts
       • Memory T-Cells
         • Hang around for future reference after the battle, just like helper B-Cells

2. Nonspecific Immune System (Innate)

   • 1st Line of Defense
     • Physical Barrier: Skin and Mucous Membranes
   • 2nd Line of Defense
     • Phagocytes
       • Neutrophils
         • Small, dies quickly (white pus in a wound = corpses)
       • Macrophage
         • Large, takes longer to die (can be linked to a general area or a specific tissue)
         • Sends a...