- 1. Ch. 40 The Immune Systemand Disease By: Vicky Leung &
Yilin Ye
2. Infectious Disease
- Disease - any change other than an injury, that disrupt the
normal function of the body.
Yilin 3. Pathogens & Diseases Bacteria Virus Protist / Fungi
Worm - cold, chicken pox - airborne; direct contact with infected
person
- - fog, direct conact with a carrier, drinking water
- malaria, amoebic dysentery
- - spread by tsetse fly, shower stall
- Schistosomiasis, beef tapeworm
- - freshwater streams and rice paddies, contaminated meat
Yilin 4. The Immune System
- the most important nonspecific defense of your body.
Yilin Inflammatory Response- 2nd line of defense; nonspecific
reaction to tissue damage causing by injury or infection. 5.
Humoral Disease
- The immune system produces specific antibodies that blind to
antigens on the surface of pathogens.
Yilin 6. Allergies
- The most common overreaction of the immune system are known as
allergies. Allergies result when antigens from allergies, such as
the figures to your right.
Vicky 7. Autoimmune System
- When the immune system make a mistake and attack the bodys own
cells, it produces an autoimmune system
Vicky 8. Cancer
- Cancer begins when something goes wrong with the controls that
normally regulate cell growth and division.
Vicky 9. Ways of Treating Cancer
Vicky