Basophils | | Binds the Fc portion of antibody molecules, chiefly IgG |
Macrophages | | Common name for neutrophil polymorphonuclear leucocytes |
Lymphocytes | | Within certain organs they have special names (in liver they are known as Kupfer cells, in brain as microglia, in kidney as mesangial cells, and in bone as osteoclasts) |
Bcells | | These types of lymphocytes undergo a process of maturation in the thymus gland and responds to antigens |
Monocytes | | Oftentimes monocytes are referred to as tissue _________ |
Chemotaxis | | The coating of the organisms by molecules that speed up phagocytosis |
Eosinophils | | They attach via C3b receptors and also release various substances from their eosinophilic granules. These contents are capable of damaging the parasite membrane |
TCells | | Major Basic Protein (abbr.) |
BoneMarrow | | System that responds to attacks from outside the body |
Neutrophils | | There are two broad sub-groups of this type of cell, TCells and BCells |
Opsonization | | This is the movement of cells up a gradient of chemotactic factors |
Red | | These types of lymphocytes give rise to plasma cells which secrete immunoglobulins (antibodies) |
MBP | | ___ blood cells help carry oxygen in the bloodstream |
FcReceptor | | Lymphocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells are derived from here |
Immune | | Process that involves ingestion and digestion of the following: microorganisms, insoluble particles, damaged or dead host cells, cell debris, and activated clotting factors |
Phagocytosis | | Non-phagocytic cells which, when activated, release numerous compounds from the basophilic granules within their cytoplasm. They play a major role in allergic responses |