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The body's defense against disease-causing organisms, malfunctioning cells, and foreign particles
The Immune System
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Sweat, tears, saliva, mucus, stomach acid
Chemical defense
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Skin, lining inside the nose and ears
Physical defense
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2nd line of defense
The Inflammatory Response
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Swelling, redness, warmth, and pain in the area of an infection
The Inflammatory Response
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An _____ blood flow attracts white blood cells to the infected area
Increased
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3rd Line of Defense
The Immune Response
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Those that get through the first and second lines of defense trigger the production and release of _____
Antibodies
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Purposely introduces weakened bacteria or viruses into the immune system to produce immunity
Vaccines
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Are used to prevent an infection by a pathogen
Vaccines
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Are used to treat bacterial infections
Antibiotics
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Pathogens can randomly get mutations and become resistant to these
Vaccines, anitbodies
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Con contain a dead or weakened pathogen
Vaccines
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Causes your body to make antibodies against it
Vaccines
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Can contain antigens from pathogens
Vaccines
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Contains a chemical that attacks bacterial cell walls
Antibiotics
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