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Basic Immuno Terms | BIOL - Immunology, Quizzes of Immunology

DeSales University (DSU)Immunology

Class: BIOL - Immunology; Subject: Biology / Biological Sciences; University: DeSales University; Term: Forever 1989;

Typology: Quizzes

Pre 2010

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TERM 1
Immunology
DEFINITION 1
the study of the body's defense against infection
TERM 2
Vaccination
DEFINITION 2
the inoculation of healthy individuals with weakened or
attenuated strains of disease-causing agents to provide
protection from disease.
TERM 3
Edward Jenner
DEFINITION 3
credited with the founding of Immunology. small pox vaccine
TERM 4
Robert Koch
DEFINITION 4
19th century proved that infectious diseases are caused by
microorganisms, each one responsible for particular disease
TERM 5
Pathogens
DEFINITION 5
disease-causing microorganisms
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Immunology

the study of the body's defense against infection

TERM 2

Vaccination

DEFINITION 2

the inoculation of healthy individuals with weakened or

attenuated strains of disease-causing agents to provide

protection from disease.

TERM 3

Edward Jenner

DEFINITION 3

credited with the founding of Immunology. small pox vaccine

TERM 4

Robert Koch

DEFINITION 4

19th century proved that infectious diseases are caused by

microorganisms, each one responsible for particular disease

TERM 5

Pathogens

DEFINITION 5

disease-causing microorganisms

Louis Pasteur

devised a vaccine against cholera in chickens, and

developed a rabies vaccine.

TERM 7

Anitbodies

DEFINITION 7

bound specifically to the toxins and neutralized their activity

TERM 8

immune responses

DEFINITION 8

the responses we make against infection by potential

pathogens

TERM 9

Adaptive immune response

DEFINITION 9

the production of antibodies aganist a particular pathogen or

its products developed during the lifetime of an individual as

an adaptation of infection with that pathogen

TERM 10

innate immune response

DEFINITION 10

always immediately available to combat a wide range of

pathogens but does not lead to lasting immunity and is not

specific for any individual pathogen