Immune System Flow Chart
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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You're with your best friend at the movies. A man next to you looks distressed. All of a sudden-
He sneezes! Not only did he sneeze, but he also did not cover his nose, resulting in bacteria flying everywhere. That is disgusting and unsanitary. The bacteria from the sneeze needs somewhere,better yet someone, to live in. It needs a warm moist place. You take a deep breath through your nose, annoyed at the unsanitary man next to you. Little did you know, you had just inhaled the bacteria from the sneeze, giving it a place to live, and making your own body its host.
Have no fear! Your immune system is like a champion, NFL football team. It has it's own defense. The first line of defense is your nose hair. The mucus then traps the virus. An enzyme in the virus breaks them down. It's like your first line of defense enabled you to make a touchdown! Not so fast . You haven't won the game yet. One virus survives.
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You breathe inhale through your nose again. The air sucks the virus into the cavern of your nostrils. Imagine you're playing in a football game. It's halftime and you're tied with the opposing team. You try and throw the ball to an open team mate but the other team catches the ball and makes a touchdown. This is the same thing for the virus. Your body throws the ball to through your widen nasal patches to let them catch the virus, hold them, and wash them down to your stomach to be broken down by enzymes, but the virus uses every breath you take to let the air take it to the ball, maneuvering past the lining of your nose to your throat,also known as the touchdown zone.
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TOUCHDOWN! The virus has made it to your throat. It burrows itself into the mucus of your throat. The virus known as influenza b has latched on to a cell in your throat. The cells in your throat talk day like life long friends. The language they speak in is made purely of proteins. The spikes on the deceives the cells into thinking the cell is a protein so it docks with receptors in the cell. The cell then thinks the virus is just a protein so the virus just walks in. The first stage of the virus has just commenced.
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The virus is now making new virus'. Her throat cell is becoming a virus cloning factory. The other virus' start to affect other cells, resulting in thousands of affected cells. It's like a domino effect.
Your immune system has an army. The second line of defense is here to try and beat the virus. They are called killer T cells. They spray a poison that destroy the pieces of virus' that are multiplying in your cells. This is a tough situation. The virus is dying ,but a lot of your throat cells are being obliterated. Sadly, the killer T cells aren't enough to kill the virus. The virus is breeding even more now. Cell debris from the war is starting to pile up. Have no fear, the cleaning crew in your body is here! They are macrophages. They eat the debris that has piled up which also prevents you from choking. You should probably send them a thank you card.
The debris that the macrophage cleaning crew didn't pick up is carried off by cilia, swallowed, and then digested. Since the killer T cells destroyed thousands of your throat cells, you are now feeling the aftermath. The macrophages are still cleaning, and they are now sending smoke signals to interleukins. The interleukins make you feel horrible, and they also make you feel horrible. They are good though. They are calling for backup. Her body is telling her to slow down. She'll need all the energy she has to defeat this virus.
You are hot! Seriously, you have a fever. Your body's natural temperature is the perfect breeding ground for the influenza b virus. You're body kicks up the heat to stop the production of the virus in your cells. You are still losing the war. Dendritic cells in your body are in the search for the ultimate weapon against influenza b. The dendritic cell finally finds the right thing. It has found the once T cell that can kill the influenza B cell. It had been there since birth waiting for this shining moment. Show time!
The T cells that can defeat the influenza virus arrive in millions. They take out infected cells in your throat. The final battle has begun, and you're about to win. A B cell has noticed a virus spike. They then clone themselves. These cells do not go on the battlefield. They are called antibodies and they target newborn virus'. The virus has no where to hide now and is finally defeated. You have won the battle. There are cells that memorize the virus so it cannot come back. They are your security guards against the evil influenza b virus.
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