Question

Name five general non-specific defense mechanisms that act quickly to fight a wide variety of ""invaders.""

Answer 1

Answer:

The five general non-specific defense mechanisms that act quickly to fight a wide variety of invaders are:  

• Antimicrobial proteins  

• Phagocytes  

• Natural killer cells  

• Inflammation  

• Fever

Explanation:

• Antimicrobial proteins are the type of proteins which fight against microbes like bacteria and parasites.
• Phagocytes are the cell that engulf foreign substances when they are detected in the body.
• Natural killer cells are the part of innate immune system that fight against viral infections and is responsible for host rejection of tumor.
• Inflammation is mechanism of the body that occurs when foreign substances are detected in the body. Fever is the result of inflammation and immune response against microbes.