Learning Objectives

After completing this lab, the students will be able to:

• understand the overall organization of the immune system.
• list the different modes of disease transmission.
• explain the connection between HIV and AIDS.

Lab Readings

Read the following materials before you doing your lab activity.

1. The immune System (Lumen Learning, Bio2, module 20)

• Why It Matters: The Immune System
• Introduction to the Innate Immune Response
• Physical and Chemical Barriers
• Pathogen Recognition
• Natural Killer Cells
• Complement System
• Introduction to the Adaptive Immune Response
• Antigen-Presenting Cells
• T and B Lymphocytes
• Mucosal Surfaces and Immune Tolerance
• Immunological Memory
• Primary Centers of the Immune System
• Introduction to Antibodies
• Antibody Structure
• Antibody Classes
• Antibody Functions
• Disruptions in the Immune System
• Putting It Together: The Immune System

2. Three levels of host defense:

3. An Introduction to Infectious Disease.

4. HIV and AIDS.

• https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/cells/viruses/hivvirus.html
• http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tutorials/AIDS/HIVimmune.html

Videos

Watch the following video to get more understanding about the lab material.

1. View below or on YouTube The Immune System.
   https://youtu.be/z3M0vU3Dv8E. (Bozeman Science)

Lab Activity

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Quiz

1. Lymphoid cells quiz.
2. Supplement to immune respond quiz.