Immune System Tutorial
1) Go to: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/mspot/sneeze/sahpmovie.swf
Answer in complete sentences:
a) Explain the allergec response using the terms mucous membranes,
allergen, and antibody, and histamine.
b) When Piper returns to class from the nurse’s office, click on his name.
How is the mucous layer different than your skin?
c) Cick on the Doctor. Which is Piper’s allergen? What happens when he is
exposed to it?
d) Nurse: Which allergen is Piper exposed to?
e) Student presentations: Which student(s) was/were correct?
2) Go to: http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/inflam.html
a) Who are the characters? Draw them.
b) Play “Antigen presentation/recognition…”. What cell organelles are in the
macrophage? Which one digests the bacteria?
c) Part of the digested bacteria is presented on the _________ ________ as
an __________.
d) What does the Helper T cell do?
e) Play “Cell-Mediated Immunity” After the virus is recognized, chemicals
are released. What do they do?
f) Give a general description of Antibody-Mediated Immunity
g) Write an analogy for any part of these animations.