Question

Classify the following as either a specific or a nonspecific defense of the body's immune system.

• skin
• macrophages
• bacteria • mucous
• fever
• B cells • T cells
• antibodies

Specific Nonspecific

Answer 1

Specific defence would be types of defence directed to a specific antigen. Nonspecific defence would be general types of defence; directed to any type of antigens.

Specific:

• Antibodies
• B cells
• T cells

Nonspecific:

• Skin
• Bacteria
• Mucus
• Macrophages
• Fever

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