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Immunity and Vaccination
Mind map: Immunity and vaccination
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Immunity and Vaccination
Types of Immunity
- Active
- Natural
- Immunity after catching a disease
- Artificial
- Vaccination
- Immune system makes it's own antibodies
- Natural
- Passive
- Given antibodies by another organism
- Natural
- Baby receives antibodies from its mother through the placenta
- Artificial
- Injected antibodies from someone else
- Active
Autoimmune Disease
- This is when an organism doesn't recognise the antigens present on the organisms own cells
- Causes an Immune response
- Lupus
- Immune system cells attack connective tissue
- Causes inflammation and damage to joints
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Attacking cells in joints
- Pain and Inflammation
- This is when an organism doesn't recognise the antigens present on the organisms own cells
Vaccines
- Vaccines contain antigens which cause the production of memory cells
- Prevents a person from experiencing symptoms of a disease
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- A-Level Biology (Disease and the Immune System) Mind Map on Immunity and Vaccination, created by Dean Lundie on 05/05/2016.
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