Understanding the Immune System: Key Components and Functions

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What is the fluid similar to plasma but with a lower concentration of proteins called?

Which cells attack foreign cells or body cells infected by viruses, providing cell-mediated immunity?

Which type of T cells are responsible for regulating and coordinating the immune response?

What are antibodies found in body fluids commonly known as?

What are the lymphoid nodules located in the pharynx wall called?

What term describes the phenomenon where T cell and B cell receptors bind only to specific antigens?

What term describes the immune system's ability to respond to any of the tens of thousands of antigens it encounters?

Which cells enable the immune system to 'remember' previously encountered antigens?

Which immunoglobulin is responsible for resistance against many viruses, bacteria, and bacterial toxins?

What is the first antibody class secreted in response to an antigen?

Which immunoglobulin is commonly found in glandular secretions?

Which immunoglobulin stimulates the release of chemicals that accelerate local inflammation?

Which immunoglobulin is found on the surface of B cells?

What is the term for antibodies produced by plasma cells upon first exposure to an antigen?

What are the regulators that adjust the activities of phagocytic cells to coordinate specific and nonspecific defenses?

What are disorders called when the immune response mistakenly targets normal body cells and tissues?

What is the condition called when the immune system does not develop normally or the immune response is somehow blocked?

What are inappropriate or excessive immune responses to allergens known as?

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