Immunology: Acquired Immunity
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Acquired Immunity Lecture Materials
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are the Immunology: Acquired Immunity Lecture materials of the Virtual Microbiology Classroom. The resources below are used to supplement an actual
college microbiology course. Anyone taking, teaching or interested in
biology may find these materials helpful and is welcome to use them.
The Immunology:Acquired Immunity Lecture materials include:
- a list of learning objectives
- links to additional educational resources
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY LECTURE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Which leukocytes are part of nonspecific immune function? Which are part of specific immune function?
- What is our third line of defense against pathogens? What are its components?
- Understand what antigens are, and be able to describe the different types.
- Be able to describe what an epitope is. What is another term for epitope?
- Understand what antibodies are, what they can do, and which cell type produces them.
- What are antigen presenting cells?
- What is the major histocompatibility complex and MHC glycoproteins.
- Know the function and components of the lymphoid system to the level that we discussed in lecture/PPT.
- Know the different types of lymphocytes and their functions.
- What are B cells? Name the types and describe what they do.
- What are B-cell receptors? How is their function different from MHC molecules?
- What are T cells? Name the types and describe what they do.
- What are T-cell receptors? How is their function different from MHC molecules?
- What is the humoral immune response? Which cells and chemicals are involved?
- What is the relationship between B-cells and T-cells in the humoral immune response?
- What is cell-mediated immune response? Which cells and chemicals are involved?
- What is the difference between specific and nonspecific immune function? Which aspects of immune function are nonspecific and which are specific?
All of the lecture PowerPoints used in the Virtual Microbiology Classroom have fill-in-the-blanks on many of the slides to encourage students to pay attention and follow along during the presentation. Instructors, contact us for the information that goes in the blanks.
HELPFUL TIPS: Some of the PowerPoint presentations are large files and may take a few moments to download, depending on the speed of your internet connection. If you are printing a hard copy of the PowerPoint, you can save paper by selecting Handouts (rather than Slides) in the "Print What:" drop down menu of the PPT print screen. Then you can choose the number of slides you want to have on each printed page. If the printed PPT presentation is to be used as student notes, it is best to choose handouts with 2 or 3 slides per page.
Word document of a homework assignment given to students at the end of lecture. This tool helps the students review the main messages of the Immunology Lectures while allowing the instructor to assess the class' understanding of the material.
Questions designed to help you review the material in the Immunology: Acquired Immunity Lecture.
MORE ACQUIRED IMMUNOLOGY LINKS
- Immune System Defender, online game from the Nobel Prize website. Use your force of white blood cells to destroy invading bacteria, before they overpopulate and cause disease.
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