Transcript Immune System Primer PowerPoint

Your body fights off invaders with your...
… IMMUNE SYSTEM!
Your Immune System
Is EVERYWHERE
Blood is made up of 3 things:
serum
Antibodies:
“seek and destroy”
Spin
Tube of blood
White Blood Cells:
“ the police”
Red Blood Cells
The
Immune
System
White Blood Cells: 3 different types
B
Cell
X X
Antibodies
T
Cell
Kills invaders
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The brain of the immune system
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Neutrophils and Macrophages
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The BIG Eater
The Immune Response
Microbe
Invasion
FIRE!!!!!
T
CELL
Recognizes invader
Cell
Division
“Talks to”
Cell
Division
B cell
B cell
B cell
Macrophage
eats invader
B cell
Seek
and
destroy
Secrete
Antibodies