First contact and the cellular border patrol
The specialized forces of adaptive memory
The ancient global quest to train our defenses
When defenses misfire or overreact
YOUR GOAL
Master of The human immune system
artiteacher Neutrophil Extracellular Traps
Caught in the net, caught in the net, My DNA's got you now.
artiteacher Macrophages engulf and digest foreign particles to clean up infections.
artiteacher The innate immune system acts as a generic, lightning-fast defense force.
artiteacher Match friendly immune cells to invading germs to discover how your body defends itself.
Innate defense speed: Your innate immune system responds to an injury or infection so fast that inflammation begins within seconds of the tissue being damaged.
A large white blood cell that engulfs and digests cellular debris, foreign substances, and microbes. These cells patrol human tissues, engulfing foreign pathogens immediately after they breach the skin barrier.
Which part of the brain controls body temperature and triggers a fever during an infection?
Which enzyme found in human tears and saliva actively destroys bacterial cell walls?
How many dead skin cells does a human typically shed every minute to help clear away microbes?
What is the highly acidic pH range of human stomach acid that dissolves most ingested bacteria?
What sticky material do dying neutrophils explode to cast as a trap for bacteria?