Chapter 3-Innate and Adaptive Immune System

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Chapter Learning Objectives

1. Describe physical and chemical immune barriers
2. Explain immediate and induced innate immune responses
3. Discuss natural killer cells
4. Describe major histocompatibility complex I molecules
5. Summarize how the proteins in a complement system function to destroy extracellular pathogens
6. Explain adaptive immunity
7. Compare and contrast adaptive and innate immunity
8. Describe cell-mediated immune response and humoral immune response
9. Describe immune tolerance
10. Describe the structure and function of antibodies
11. Discuss antibody production
12. Describe hypersensitivity
13. Define autoimmunity

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