First, various types of phagocytes, which are called the "the eater cells" will swing into action. Then the macrophages, another specific type of phagocytes, take their turn. They all destroy the enemy by engulfing it. Macrophages also perform other duties such as summoning other defence cells to the battleground, and raising the body temperature. The rise in temperature at the onset of a sickness is very important, for the afflicted the person will feel fatigued by it and need to rest, thus reserving the energy needed to fight against the enemies.
If these elements of the immune system prove insufficient against the enemies penetrating the body, then lymphocytes, the champions of the system, come into play. Lymphocytes are of two types; B cells and T cells. These are again further divided into sub groups.
The helper T cells are next in reaching the battleground after the macrophages.
2006-08-06
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They may be considered the administrative agents of the system. After the helper T cells identify the enemy, they warn other cells in order to initiate a war against it.
Thus alerted, the killer T cells come into play to destroy the besieged enemy.
The B cells are the armaments factory of the human body. Following their stimulation by the helper T cells, they immediately start to produce a sort of weapon called the "antibody".
After the alarm is over, suppressor T cells stop the activity of all defence cells, and therefore prevent the war from lasting any longer than is necessary.
However, the mission of the defence army has not yet ended. The warrior cells, called the memory cells, store necessary information about the enemy in their memories and keep it for years. This will enable the immune system to mount a quick defence against the same enemy at later meetings with it.
HOW DOES THE EVOLUTION THEORY EXPLAIN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM?
2006-08-06
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you are right, the immune system is undeniably complex
there is no way that something this efficient and complex could arise all by accident
2006-08-06 09:32:20
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My dear this should be in the Biology category, but all in all, I love the Theory Of Evolution, it makes so much sense. It explains the immune system just fine. We need germs to fight off germs, it is the way of life. One mistake and allergies and other things occur and it shifts the balance of things. God does not have much to do with it. God starts off the process and just let's it go from there. People use God just get themselves out of being smart or having an education. You are going to open minds with this. Creationism is full of crap. Seven days to create the world. As if that could be true. It took God a lot longer to create the world. Try seven million years, instead of seven days. Another thing, what is the Seventh day, some say that it is Friday, some say it is Saturday, and then some say it is Sunday, well, which is it? It cannot be all three. And who is God? The Christians say it is Jesus Christ, the Jews say it is The God of Abraham, Yahweh, The Zoroastrians say it is Ahura Mazda, The Muslim say it is Mohammad, The Hindus say it is Brahma, the Buddhist say it is Buddha, the Native Americans say it is the Great Spirit... who or what is God?
2006-08-06 09:38:23
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The same way the evolution theory explains the adaptation of pathogens to the immune system. Note that many viruses and bacteria, over time, become immune to antibiotics. Why is evolution a threat to the concept of a supreme being? Why is quantum theory? Why can't there be random processes within an ordered system? Is it the specific theory that worries you, or is it just science that terrifies the medieval faith you think is necessary to your relationship to the universe? Most importantly, don't you have anything better to do with your time than to make a whole bunch of Christians, Jews and Muslims hardened in their chauvinism?
2006-08-06 09:36:05
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answered by bubbacornflakes 5
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Yawn. Allergies, asthma, lupus, all examples of the immune system gone haywire. Guess that intelligent designer didn't get all the glitches out.
You would have burned Galileo at the stake for saying the Earth revolves around the Sun. Yawn again.
2006-08-06 09:34:05
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I agree. However, there is much more evidence than this!
There is biological, cosmological, and geological evidence that points to a Creator!
http://www.halos.com/
http://emporium.turnpike.net/C/cs/index.htm
http://www.grisda.org/
2006-08-06 09:28:44
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answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6
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It doesn't and i don't care about dumb idiodic anti-God theories; The Word of God is sufficient for me, thank you very much.
2006-08-06 09:38:07
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answered by Anonymous
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Don't know, but your using big words that religious nuts won't understand and then will deny anyway.
2006-08-06 09:28:30
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answered by redhotboxsoxfan 6
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it can't other than to say, "it evolved over time" or "there's no fossil record available of tissue"
2006-08-06 09:29:33
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answered by R J 7
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It can't.
2006-08-06 09:32:15
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answered by Frax 4
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Thanks for the 2 points.
2006-08-06 09:27:38
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