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Infectious Disease and Immunity
Quick questions on The innate immune response: H2 Biology Infectious Disease and Immunity
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What are barriers?Show answer
The body's first defences are non-specific barriers that stop pathogens entering:
What is phagocytosis?Show answer
If pathogens enter, phagocytes (neutrophils and macrophages) destroy them by phagocytosis:
What is q1?Show answer
State one physical and one chemical barrier that form the first line of defence. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Name the organelle that fuses with the phagosome to destroy an engulfed pathogen. [1 mark]
What is q3?Show answer
Explain why the innate immune response is described as non-specific. [1 mark]
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