MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Innate immunity: Everyone is born with innate (or natural) immunity, a type of general protection. For example, the skin acts as a barrier to block germs from entering the body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Natural immunity is acquired from exposure to the disease organism through infection with the actual disease. Vaccine-induced immunity is acquired through the introduction of a killed or weakened form of the disease organism through vaccination.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are 2 main parts of the immune system: The innate immune system. You are born with this. The adaptive immune system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Passive immunity Unborn and newly born babies are protected by antibodies from the maternal immune system. These antibodies are shared in two ways: across the placenta and in breast milk.

Detailed explanation-5: -The two types of immunity that a baby is born with are the humoral immune system and the cell mediated immune system.