THE IMMUNE SYSTEM To be immune means to be protected. So it makes sense that the body system that helps fight off sickness is called the immune system. The immune system is made up of a network of cells‚ tissues‚ and organs that work together to protect the body. White blood cells‚ also called leukocytes ‚ are part of this defence system. There are two basic types of these germ-fighting cells: * phagocytes ( fah-guh-sytes)‚ which chew up invading germs * lymphocytes ( lim-fuh-sytes)
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variable in concentration even in food groups (fruits and vegetables) that are recognised as good sources of the vitamin‚ very soluble in water and very sensitive to alkali‚ oxidation and heat” (Nobile & Woodhill‚ Vitamin C : the Mysterious Redox-System A Trigger of Life?‚ 1981). Vitamin C has undoubtedly been a very effective deterrent and solution against numerous
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Cystic Fibrosis is a life threatening condition that causes severe damage to the lungs and digestive system. Developing this condition can change a person’s entire life. Depending on the severity of the condition a person can be affected by mild symptoms such as shortness of breath‚ all the way to severe symptoms such as rectal prolapse‚ or even death. Screening is done on infants in all 50 states; therefore if a child has inherited Cystic Fibrosis it will be known in the first months of life. As
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Stress Stress affects three major body systems the circulatory system‚ respiratory system‚and nervous system. These system are crucial parts of the body and are needed to live and stress takes a toll on them. The circulatory system pumps the blood throughout all of the body.Stress can cause the heart to beat faster and many other things.The circulatory‚ respiratory‚ and nervous systems are important parts of the body. The first body system that is affected by stress is the Circulatory system.The
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composed of complicated and intricate systems that work together to keep us alive and able to move and process the things we find to be simple such as breathing or blinking. There are 11 systems in our body‚ each in charge of something different and supplying support to the other. Those 11 systems are the‚ nervous‚ skeletal‚ muscular‚ circulatory‚ respiratory‚ digestive‚ endocrine‚ reproductive‚ excretory‚ integumentary and immune systems. I will address every system in the human body as well as provide
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Biology of Health and Illness Factors which affect the normal functioning of two body systems TASK 1 The body ’s first line of defence against pathogens uses mostly physical and chemical barriers such as sweat‚ skin‚ tears‚ mucus‚ stomach acid‚ and so on. Our skin and other membranes which line the body passages are fairly effective in keeping most pathogens out of the body. Mucus can trap pathogens‚ which are then washed away or destroyed by chemicals. Tears‚ sweat‚ and saliva have certain
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activity of antibody. The complement system was a group of more than 20 serum glycoprotein which had been synthesized by the liver that were secreted by hepatocytes and circulating in the tissue fluids and in the blood. Also most of the proteins that formed the complement were inactive; however they were activated in an enzyme cascade sequence. The complement system was first evolved as a part of the innate immune system and played vital role. The proteases in the system cleaved exact proteins which would
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A. Case Study 1-At Risk for HIV Disease- Answer all 7 questions after reading and reviewing the case studies and looking up key concepts and terms. 1. E.M. has gonorrhea. Why should you be concerned about the presence of other sexually transmitted diseases? Because of his sexual history and contraction of an STD‚ this suggests that he doesn’t use protection and therefore he is at risk for contracting HIV and then passing it on to others because it can be transmitted within a few days after
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interprets this term‚ child development can be directly affected by the family system in which a child is raised. Healthy Family Systems In Competent Christian Counseling: Foundations and Practice of Compassionate Soul Care‚ Clinton and Ohlschlager (2002) state that families are defined and evaluated by their boundaries that separate one family from another (p. 519). Clinton and Ohlschlager (2002) discuss two types of family systems: closed and open. Closed
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As a young child‚ I tended to become ill often. The doctors blamed my weak immune system on the fact that I contracted mononucleosis and was hospitalized for two months at a young age. The consensus was that over time my immune system would improve and I would outgrow any other issues. I continued to get very ill with bleeding sores constantly lining my mouth and throat throughout my elementary schooling. I noticed my condition was drastically worsening as I ended my sophomore year of highschool
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