[Cecily]

Question 4 (Adaptive Defenses)


How do adaptive defenses work? Compare/contrast B cells and T cells. Discuss the different types of T cells. Describe the differences between cell-mediated immunity and antibody mediated immunity.


While our bodies have nonspecific innate defenses which react the same way every time foreign cells are encountered, adaptive immunity is the lymphatic system's approach to conflict escalation. As our former President Bush said once, "There's an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says fool me once, shame on shame on you. You fool me you can't get fooled again."


I wish I had more than an hour left to write this. It's probably my favorite opener for anything I've wrote before.