HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY: AN INTEG ACCESS C
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY: AN INTEG ACCESS C
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ISBN: 9780134714837
Author: Silverthorn
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 24, Problem 16RQ

Compare and contrast the terms in the following sets:

  1. a. pathogen, microbe, pyrogen, antigen, antibody, antibiotic
  2. b. infection, inflammation, allergy, autoimmune disease
  3. c. virus, bacteria, allergen
  4. d. chemotaxin, opsonin, cytokine, interferon
  5. e. adaptive immunity, innate immunity, humoral immunity, cellmediated immunity, specific immunity, nonspecific immunity
  6. f. immediate and delayed hypersensitivity
  7. g. membrane attack complex, granzymes, perforin
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