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- IMMUNE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The immune system is what protects your body from diseases and infections It's the bodily system that produces the immune response to defend your body from foreign substances, cells, and tissues
- Immune system - Wikipedia
Many species have two major subsystems of the immune system The innate immune system provides a preconfigured response to broad groups of situations and stimuli The adaptive immune system provides a tailored response to each stimulus by learning to recognize molecules it has previously encountered
- Immune system | Description, Function, Facts | Britannica
The immune system is a group of defense responses found in humans and other advanced vertebrates that helps repel disease-causing entities Immunity from disease is conferred by two cooperative defense systems: innate immunity and acquired immunity
- Immune System Function, Conditions Disorders
Your immune system is your body’s first-line defense against invaders like germs It helps protect you from getting sick and promotes healing when you’re unwell or injured
- The Immune System - Johns Hopkins Medicine
The immune system works to keep germs and other foreign substances out of the body and destroy any that get in It's made up of a complicated network of cells and organs
- Overview of the Immune System - Immune Disorders - Merck . . .
Antigens are any substances that the immune system can recognize and that can thus stimulate an immune response If antigens are perceived as dangerous (for example, if they can cause disease), they can stimulate an immune response in the body
- Introduction to immunology and immune disorders - PMC
The body has a collection of physical barriers to prevent infection, but once these are overcome, we rely on our immune systems to protect us against a wide variety of infections
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