APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

ANATOMY

LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Memory for innate immunity is provided by:
A
Mast Cells
B
Langerhans cells
C
Macrophages
D
None of these, because there is no memory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Immunological memory is a unique property of the immune system as it can “store” information about a stimulus and can mount an effective response when the stimulus is encountered again. This response – a secondary immune response – is quicker and stronger than the primary response.

Detailed explanation-2: -Trained Innate Immunity. Immunological memory is a distinct characteristic of our immune system, and it relates to its ability to remember antigens from pathogens and mount an immunological response of greater magnitude and with faster kinetics upon reencounter of the same antigens.

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