Immunity and memory cells
What Immunity and memory cells means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Memory lymphocytes remain after an infection, so a later exposure to the same antigen triggers faster, larger antibody production.
Memory cells remain after infection, so a second infection by the same pathogen is destroyed quickly.
Topics that use Immunity and memory cells
- Human defence systems (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Antigen-antibody binding
- Antigen–antibody binding
- Cartilage rings
- Cilia action
- Digestion and defence in the stomach
- Immunological memory
- Non-specific defence
- Phagocytosis
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