BIOL-242 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Adaptive Immune System, Antigen-Presenting Cell, Cell-Mediated Immunity

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Chapter 21 quiz #4 | lymphocytes, adaptive immune. Function and main components of adaptive immune system. The adaptive immune system is called into action to reinforce and enhance the innate defenses. The adaptive immune system involves three crucial types of cells: two distinct populations of lymphocytes, plus antigen presenting cells (apcs). If the phagocytes have not been able to destroy the pathogens, they (macrophages and dendritic cells) will trigger an adaptive immune response by migrating to the closest lymph node to encounter and activate naive lymphocytes. Explain the three important aspects of adaptive immune system. T lymphocytes (t cells) are non-antibody-producing lymphocytes that constitute the cellular arm of adaptive immunity. Apcs do not respond to specific antigens as lymphocytes do. As \ve will see, t cells cannot recognize their antigens without apc. Humoral immunity and cellular immunity are both branches of the adaptive defense system.

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