Unit 3 Biology
Immune System
Home
Immune System
Self and Non-Self
Lymphatic System
Innate Immunity
>
First Line of Defence
Second Line of Defence
Adaptive Immunity
>
Third Line of Defence
Organ Transplantation
Bibliography
Adaptive Immunity
Adaptive immunity refers to the specific defence mechanisms that an individual acquired an adaptive form of immunity.
Adaptive immunity is specific and involves third of defence.
Adaptive immunity provides immunological memory of past contact with pathogen.