Biology Discussion Notes

Wednesday 5/6/2015

Goals for the Day1. Be able to describe how our immune system

functions

2. Be able to describe the difference between a primary and secondary immune response.

3. Be able to describe major types of diseases, their causes, and how we can prevent them

Question of the Day 5/6

Disease Presentations1. Name of disease2. Type of Disease3. Which system or systems it affects– how it affects the FUNCTIONS of those systems• Include symptoms here!

4. What the causes are5. What can be done to prevent them6. What the treatments are7. Is there are cure, and if so what is it8. Picture that represents some aspect of your disease,

its cause, prevention, or treatmentYOU WILL PRESENT THIS TO THE CLASS!

Allergies• Allergies are an ___________ response to a

_____________ antigen.

• Allergic reactions are known as __________ reactions.

• Medicines that block this reaction are called __________________.

AbnormalHarmless

Histamine

Anti-histamine

Cardiovascular disease

The 3 major ways to PREVENT cardiovascular diseases are:

What causes them are doing the opposite of these 3 things.

Healthy DietRegular ExerciseDon’t Smoke

Smoking Related Diseases

• What was the smoking-related disease we discussed?

•Emphysema• Prevention:–DON’T SMOKE

• Cure? – NO

Autoimmune Diseases• Your body is ____________ itself.

• Multiple Sclerosis attacks the _______________

• MS attacks the MS

Attacks

Myelin Sheath

Immune System• How does your immune system work?

• Remember those cell surface proteins? Which ones are our ID tags?

Recognizes what is “you” and attacks anything that is “Not you”

Marker proteins are used to recognize “you”

• HIV Virus

So why can we have a vaccine against some viruses but not others?

• HIV Virus

What changes or doesn’t change?

• Chicken Pox

WANTED: Destroy on Sight

What type of cell IS our “wanted” poster?

• Chicken Pox

WANTED: Destroy on Sight

What changes or doesn’t change?

• Chicken Pox

• Flu Virus

Questions?

• HIV Virus

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