Immune System Information

The following web links provide some additional information about acquired immunity and actions of the T and B cells.  The animations give you a better idea of how these develop and respond.

 

Animations of secondary immune responses:

• From an Anatomy & Physiology text

• Maybe more detail than you want, but very good animations and explanations

• Lastly, two information and animation pages from the Cancer Research Institute that illustrate cellular and humoral immunity:

  • The Humoral Immune Response Cancer Research Institute
  • The Cellular Immune Response Cancer Research Institute

   

 

 

Straight forward description of the immune system and how it works:

http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/healthscience/healthtopics/immuneSystem/PDF/theImmuneSystem.pdf  

 

For class, note in particular the sections on:

• "Immune cells and their products"

• "Mounting an immune response"

• "Immunity: Natural and acquired"