This document summarizes innate immunity and its components. It discusses how the innate immune system provides early defense against microbes through physical barriers, pattern recognition receptors, and cellular responses. It describes the functions of epithelial barriers, phagocytes like macrophages and neutrophils, dendritic cells, cytokine-producing innate lymphoid cells, natural killer cells, and mast cells in innate immunity. It also explains how pattern recognition receptors like toll-like receptors recognize pathogens and activate inflammatory responses.