Name: _________________________ (circle one) 1pm 2pm Homework Assignment: Chapters 16 + 17 Due date: Wednesday, December 11, 2013

20 points Discuss the differences between innate and adaptive immunity.

Discuss 2 physical barriers of the first line of defense.

What is lysozyme and where is it found? How does normal flora provide protection against pathogens? Diagram the process of phagocytosis and explain what is occurring at each step.

Why is inflammation an important component of the 2nd line of defense? Discuss the differences between humoral and cellular immunity.

What is an antigen? Provide examples of potential antigens. Discuss 2 mechanisms of action of antibodies.

Diagram the process by which T cells are activated.

Once activated, what do CTLs do? Once activated, what do TH cells do? Diagram the process by which B cells are activated.

Once activated, what do B cells do? Use the principles of immunological memory to explain how vaccination prevents disease.