Animal immune system

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001549",
  "term": "Animal immune system",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Animal Immune System",
  "definition": "1. The collection of cells and organs whose role is to protect the body from foreign invaders. Includes the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, B and T cells, and antigen-presenting cells.\n\n2. 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.\n\n3. A system that provides the organism with a defense against infection. In higher organisms it is afforded by the presence of circulating antibodies and white blood cells. Antibodies are manufactured specifically to deal with the antigens associated with different diseases as they are encountered. White blood cells attack and destroy foreign particles in the blood and other tissues.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "NIH AIDS Info Glossary",
    "NIH Genetics Home Reference Glossary",
    "NOAA Coral Reef Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/animal-immune-system/"
}