Inflammatory response.txt

• Skin
• Mucous membranes

• Arteries
• Capillaries
• Veins

• Histamine
• Prostglandins
• Leukotrienes
• Compliment Proteins

Clear watery fluid

Bloody fluid

Pus

Dead tissue cells and dead leukocytes

Chemicals that trigger the hypothalmus to raise body temperature.

• Exogenous infections occur from sources outside of the body. Spores entering an open wound.
• Endogenous infections occur from bacteria already present in the body. Yeast infection.

• Decreases binary fission
• Increases production of white blood cells
• Decreases availability of iron (Fe)

Through vasoconstriction and mild muscle contractions.

Drugs that reduce fever. Ibuprofen and aspirin

Eating unwanted materials.

Process whereby leukocytes leave intact blood vessels by squeezing between lining cells, phagocytize bacteria, re-enter the blood vessels and then return to the liver to be recycled.

Special proteins that will attack viruses.

New group of specialized proteins that defend against bacterial infection.

Pyrogen sets the hypothalamus to a higher temperature. Vasoconstriction occurs to hold in heat. And mild muscle contractions occur creating more heat.