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Pathogens
• A pathogen is a microorganism that causes
disease
• Disease that are caused by pathogen can
usually be passed from one person to
another
The Human Immune System
What is the immune system?
• The body’s defense against disease causing
organisms, malfunctioning cells, and
foreign particles
Viruses
Viruses enter body cells, hijack their organelles, and
turn the cell into a virus making-factory. The cell
will eventually burst, releasing thousands of viruses
to infect new cells.
An antibody is a protein
molecule with a particular
shape . To destory a
particular pathogen ,
antibody molecules must
be made which are just the
right shape to fit into
molecules on the outside of
the pathogens . These
pathogen molecules are
called antigens
Lymphocytes
• Lymphocytes are a very important part of
your immune system . The way in which
they response to pathogen , by producing
antibody is called the immune respone
MEMORY CELL
When a lymphocyte clones itself , not
all of the cell make antibody.
Some of them simply remain in the
blood and other part of the body
living for very long time is called
Memory cell
Vaccine
• Antigens are deliberately introduced into the
immune system to produce immunity.