Biological Science (6th Edition)

Published by Benjamin Cummings
ISBN 10: 0321976495
ISBN 13: 978-0-32197-649-9

Chapter 48 - The Immune System in Animals - Review - Page 1027: 1

Answer

C

Work Step by Step

The two types of immune responses, innate and adaptive, refer to the how the body acquires the response. Innate immunity is built in to all animals and attacks pathogens nonspecifically. An adaptive immune response is gained when the body "learns" how to defeat a certain pathogen and "remembers" how to beat it to prevent repeated infections from the same disease.
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