HTHSCI 1H06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lucan, Complement Membrane Attack Complex, Innate Immune System
1 Apr 2016
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*figures have more detail then we will need to know for testing* Which ion must be removed to prevent a sample of blood from cloing in a test tube: vitamin k b) c) d) e) Immunitas in lain: protecion from duty to the state (military service, taxes, etc. ) Immunity in modern terms: comes from marcus annaeus lucanus (coined this term) who saw if humans were able to survive irst snake bit they could survive the next. (to be protected from it) Immune is principally concerned with the maintenance of homeostasis (not just ight infecions, bacteria, viruses; it ensures your survival and maintain status quo) Does not want your body to have bacteria or virus if it will harm you: most people die however due to immune pathology rather than the virus itself. Immunology: the study of the muli-layered host defence system that protect us against: o o o o o.
