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The Body’s Natural Defences
The Body’s Natural Defences
• Our body fights harmful microbes every day
• Microbes must fight through three levels of our
body’s defences before they can cause us harm
• The first line of defence
• The second line of defence
• The third line of defence
The First Line of Defence
The First Line of Defence
The Respiratory System
Our Skin
The Eyes

Tears produce chemicals called
enzymes which can kill some
Mucas and tiny hairs in the nose
Stops microbes entering the
stop microbes entering of the eye
microbes on the surface our lungs
body unless it is cut or damaged
We sometimes sneeze or cough
these harmful microbes away
from our body
The Second Line of Defence
The Second Line of Defence
Non Specific White Blood Cells
Red blood cells:

The blood
contains

Carry iron and oxygen around
the body

White blood cells:

Help fight infection

Plasma:

Liquid which carries the blood
cells around the body
The Second Line of Defence
Non Specific White Blood Cells

The blood flows around the body in one direction only
The Second Line of Defence
Non Specific White Blood Cells
If the skin gets damaged,
microbes can enter the blood
stream and make us ill
The Second Line of Defence
Non Specific White Blood Cells
The White Blood Cells called ‘phagocytes’ notice anything
foreign or strange that gets through the first line of defence and
move towards that ‘foreign object’
The Second Line of Defence
Non Specific White Blood Cells
The phagocytes then surround and
destroy the foreign object or, in this
case, microbe

www.csulb.edu/depts/biology/media/cell751.gif
The Third Line of Defence
The Third Line of Defence
Specific White Blood Cells
All invading cells have
distinctive antigens on their
surface
When the specific white
blood cell comes across a
microbe, it will
a) Make an antibody to match
that microbes antigen
b) Tell all the other specific
white blood cells to make
lots of that antibody
The Third Line of Defence
Specific White Blood Cells

The body’s antibodies find
their matching antigen on
the harmful microbes and
lock on to them
The Third Line of Defence
Specific White Blood Cells
The antibodies will then
a) Mark the harmful microbes for destruction
b) Stay in the blood after the harmful microbes have been killed ready to
fight them if they should ever return

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The bodys natural defences

  • 2. The Body’s Natural Defences • Our body fights harmful microbes every day • Microbes must fight through three levels of our body’s defences before they can cause us harm • The first line of defence • The second line of defence • The third line of defence
  • 3. The First Line of Defence
  • 4. The First Line of Defence The Respiratory System Our Skin The Eyes Tears produce chemicals called enzymes which can kill some Mucas and tiny hairs in the nose Stops microbes entering the stop microbes entering of the eye microbes on the surface our lungs body unless it is cut or damaged We sometimes sneeze or cough these harmful microbes away from our body
  • 5. The Second Line of Defence
  • 6. The Second Line of Defence Non Specific White Blood Cells Red blood cells: The blood contains Carry iron and oxygen around the body White blood cells: Help fight infection Plasma: Liquid which carries the blood cells around the body
  • 7. The Second Line of Defence Non Specific White Blood Cells The blood flows around the body in one direction only
  • 8. The Second Line of Defence Non Specific White Blood Cells If the skin gets damaged, microbes can enter the blood stream and make us ill
  • 9. The Second Line of Defence Non Specific White Blood Cells The White Blood Cells called ‘phagocytes’ notice anything foreign or strange that gets through the first line of defence and move towards that ‘foreign object’
  • 10. The Second Line of Defence Non Specific White Blood Cells The phagocytes then surround and destroy the foreign object or, in this case, microbe www.csulb.edu/depts/biology/media/cell751.gif
  • 11. The Third Line of Defence
  • 12. The Third Line of Defence Specific White Blood Cells All invading cells have distinctive antigens on their surface When the specific white blood cell comes across a microbe, it will a) Make an antibody to match that microbes antigen b) Tell all the other specific white blood cells to make lots of that antibody
  • 13. The Third Line of Defence Specific White Blood Cells The body’s antibodies find their matching antigen on the harmful microbes and lock on to them
  • 14. The Third Line of Defence Specific White Blood Cells The antibodies will then a) Mark the harmful microbes for destruction b) Stay in the blood after the harmful microbes have been killed ready to fight them if they should ever return