Immune System

Required Elements

1. Discuss the role of the immune sysyem.

2. Explain how th skin functions as the first line of defense against disease.

3. Discuss the role of B and T cells in an immune response.

4. Discuss the relationship between vaccination and immunity, between natural and acquired immunity.

5. Describe what occurs in an allergic reaction and in a transplant rejection reaction.

6. Expakin the antigen-antibody reaction.

7. Describe one immune system disorder.

Vocabulary to be included:

immunology, antigen, antibody, lymphocyte, thymus gland, bone marrow, B-cell, T-cell, macrophage, vaccine, inflammatory response, immune response, antihistamine, autoimmune disease, fever, helper T-cell, pathogen, killer T-cell