The study of the molecular and cellular components that comprise the immune system, including their function and interaction, is the central science of immunology. The immune system has been divided into a more primitive innate immune system and, in vertebrates, an acquired or adaptive immune system. The latter is further divided into humoral (or antibody) and cell-mediated components. COUNT 5
QSN1 What is the basic, primitive part of the immune system known as? ANS1 innate immune system QSN2 Vertebrates also have what type of immune system component? ANS2 acquired or adaptive immune system QSN3 What is one type of adaptive immune system component? ANS3 humoral (or antibody) QSN4 Name the other type of adaptive immune system component? ANS4 cell-mediated QSN5 The total immune system is generally composed of what types of structures? ANS5 molecular and cellular components