from The American HeritageÂ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition. n. An aluminum soap of various fatty acids that when mixed with gasoline makes a firm jelly used in some bombs and in flamethrowers.
White blood cells that provide either innate or specific adaptive immunity. Myeloid Cells: First line of defense, non-specific innate immunity â¢ Neutrophils â¢ Eosinophils â¢ Basophils/Mast cells â¢ Monocytes/Macrophages/Dendritic Cells Lymphoid Cells: non-specific immunity â¢ Natural Killer Cells Lymphoid Cells: Humoral and Cell Mediated specific immunity â¢ B Lymphocytes
Effector B cells are called plasma cells and secrete antibodies, and activated T cells include cytotoxic T cells and helper T cells, which carry out cell-mediated responses. The production of effector cells in response to first-time exposure to an antigen is called the primary immune response.