{"id":677,"date":"2023-12-04T10:27:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/chapter\/innate-nonspecific-defenses\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T10:27:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:27:43","slug":"innate-nonspecific-defenses","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/chapter\/innate-nonspecific-defenses\/","title":{"raw":"Innate (Nonspecific) Defenses","rendered":"Innate (Nonspecific) Defenses"},"content":{"raw":"\n
\n
\n

Learning Objectives<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n

\n\nBy the end of this section, you will be able to:\n
    \n \t
  • Describe the body's surface membranes and barriers that defend against pathogens including the body's physical and chemical mechanisms of defense.<\/span><\/li>\n \t
  • Describe innate defenses that involve diapedesis, chemotaxis, opsonization, and membrane attack complexes.<\/span><\/li>\n \t
  • List the phagocytic cells involved in innate defense and explain the steps involved in phagocytosis.<\/span><\/li>\n \t
  • Describe the role of natural killer cells as well as their mode of action.\n<\/span><\/li>\n \t
  • Explain how complement proteins and interferon cytokines function during innate defense.<\/span><\/li>\n \t
  • Discuss the role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate defenses.<\/span><\/li>\n \t
  • List the steps of the inflammatory response, detailing both the cells and chemicals involved.<\/span><\/li>\n \t
  • Explain the cause of the four cardinal signs of inflammation and why <\/span>inflammation can be beneficial.<\/span><\/li>\n \t
  • Describe different types of pyrogens.<\/span><\/li>\n \t
  • Explain how fever occurs and why fever <\/span>can be beneficial.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe major organs of the\n\n<\/div>\n","rendered":"
    \n
    \n
    \n

    Learning Objectives<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

    \n

    By the end of this section, you will be able to:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Describe the body’s surface membranes and barriers that defend against pathogens including the body’s physical and chemical mechanisms of defense.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Describe innate defenses that involve diapedesis, chemotaxis, opsonization, and membrane attack complexes.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • List the phagocytic cells involved in innate defense and explain the steps involved in phagocytosis.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Describe the role of natural killer cells as well as their mode of action.
      \n<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Explain how complement proteins and interferon cytokines function during innate defense.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Discuss the role of pattern-recognition receptors in innate defenses.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • List the steps of the inflammatory response, detailing both the cells and chemicals involved.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Explain the cause of the four cardinal signs of inflammation and why <\/span>inflammation can be beneficial.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Describe different types of pyrogens.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Explain how fever occurs and why fever <\/span>can be beneficial.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

      The major organs of the<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":["zoe-soon"],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[183],"license":[],"class_list":["post-677","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","contributor-zoe-soon"],"part":649,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/677\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/649"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/677\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/dcbiol2200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}