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
Dendritic cells play a key role in immune responses, forming the link between innate and acquired immunity. Follicular dendritic cells, interdigitating dendritic cells, and Langerhans cells are the major nonphagocytic antigen-presenting accessory cells of the immune system.