Anatomy & Physiology · Systems
The Immune System
How the body tells self from invader: barriers, the fast innate system (neutrophils, macrophages, complement, fever), the slower adaptive system (B cells, antibodies, helper and killer T cells), memory and vaccines, and when immunity misfires.
Step 1 of 5 · Overview30 min read ·
Key idea
Prereqs: Cells, tissues & organs. Next: Viruses & bacteria (Science); Sleep and immunity. Sources: Janeway's *Immunobiology*; Philipp Dettmer, *Immune* (2021); CDC vaccine basics.Next: 1. Two systems