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A 13 page overview of the human immune system. This paper discusses the many components of that system and they way they interrelate with factors such as diet. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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is comprised of numerous distinct elements, each of which works in specific ways to fight against unwanted intrusions from the outside. Basically, the immune system as a whole works
because of its ability to recognize the natural components of the body and those components that are unwanted intruders. This system is in fact characterized by a duality of
sorts. It works on both a general and a specific level, for example. It works on both a natural and an adaptive level using either innate responses and
recognitions or acquired responses and recognitions. It is both cell mediated and humoral, both active and passive and both primary and secondary. This is the duality of the
immune system. The immune system is also systemic, in other words it works throughout the entire body not just at the point of infection. The immune system also
has a memory. It can recognize elements that have caused it problems in the past and is prepared to act even more aggressively against those problems the second time
around than the first. The bone marrow and thymus gland are the primary organs of the lymphoid system while the tonsils, adenoids, appendix, Peyers patches, spleen and lymph nodes
are the secondary organs. To better understand the immune system, it is helpful to first define antigens and antibodies. Antigens are those
agents that trigger the immune system response. Antigens are usually but not always proteins. They are specific to a particular disease. When they enter our body they
become a foreign intruder and the body initiates a defense response in an attempt to eradicate them. The defense response staged by our immune system includes the production of
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