Humoral response

• where do b cells remain until they mature?

  bone marrow
• where do b cells concentrate in the body?

  lymph nodes and spleen
• what do b cells do once mature?

  makes one type of antibody, then a glycoprotein receptor which then recognises a complimentary antigen, the select b cell then divides by mitosis and differentiates into a plasma and memory cell
• Clonal selection?

  Process by which immune cells are selected and activated in response to specific antigens
• clonal expansion?

  select cells that divide by mitosis then differentiate into plasma and memory cells
• primary immune response?

  not many B cells, takes a long time, first exposure and beginning of making antibodies
• secondary immune response?

  faster and stronger, more antibodies due to the memory cells, long term immunity
• what does the humoral response consist of?

  b cells - antibodies, clonal selection , clonal expansion, plasma cells, memory cells
• what do plasma cells secrete?

  antibodies