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Immune System (What is it included with/what makes it work? (Organs (Bone…
Immune System
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What does it do?
Protects you from diseases, infections, and wounds
It is not always to fight the disease or infection of, it's main job is to prevent the disease or infection from escalating to dangerous levels in your body.
Why do you get symptoms?
Symptoms help the immune system fight the infection or disease off, like when you get a high fever, it makes it harder for the bacteria and viruses reproduce.
When it fights the bacteria or virus off, its keeps the antigen memorized so if it comes again, the immune system deploys the right antibodies so the same bacteria or virus won't make you sick again.
Leukocytes
Phagocytes
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Kills foreign cells found in the blood stream by consuming it, when the foreign cell is consumed, it allows the phagocyte to identify the type of antigen then send the information to the lymphocytes.
Lymphocytes
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B cells
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Antibodies have the matching structure where the antigen can attach to the antibody then the antibody kills the antigen.