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Immune System
Physiology Textbooks Boundless Anatomy and Physiology Immune System
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Section 3

Adaptive Immunity

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Boundless Anatomy and Physiology
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Overview of Adaptive Immunity

The adaptive immune system is composed of highly-specialized systemic cells and processes that eliminate or prevent pathogenic growth.

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Types of Adaptive Immunity

The adaptive immune response is mediated by B and T cells and creates immunity memory.

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Maturation of T Cells

T cells originate from hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow and undergo positive and negative selection in the thymus to mature.

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Lymphocytes

A lymphocyte is a type of white blood cell in the vertebrate immune system.

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Antigen-Presenting Cells

Antigen presentation is a process where immune cells capture antigens and then enable their recognition by T-cells.

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