Mesh term Immune System
Browse to parent terms:Hemic and Immune Systems
Description
The body's defense mechanism against foreign organisms or substances and deviant native cells. It includes the humoral immune response and the cell-mediated response and consists of a complex of interrelated cellular, molecular, and genetic components.Browse to child terms:
Antibody-Producing Cells
Antigen-Presenting Cells
Bone Marrow
Enterochromaffin Cells
Immunological Synapses
Leukocytes
Lymphatic System
Mast Cells
Mononuclear Phagocyte System
Phagocytes
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