Relier Pairs PSYC 365 Ch 3 VocabVersion en ligne Vocab par Spencer Leon 1 Psychoneuroimmunology 2 Functional tests of immunity 3 Biological imbedding 4 Acute stressor 5 Upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) 6 Stress intrusion scores 7 Enumerative assay 8 NK cell cytotoxic activity assay 9 States and traits 10 Mitogen 11 NK cell lysis 12 Immunocompetence 13 Cytokines One of a collection of illnesses, such as colds, coughs, and bronchitis A measure of the impact a stressful event has on a person's life Increase the body's capacity to produce inflammation, and help heal wounds and fight infection The process by which experience has permanent effects on the expression of our genetic coding and, subsequently, on a range of biological processes this coding affects A stressor that is immediate in its duration and proximity The extent to which an immune system is functioning properly to ward off microorganisms Tests done to asses the immune system at work A lab test done to count cells (typically white blood cells) as they exist in the bloodstream Psychological concepts that distinguish between short-term conditions (states) and enduring characteristics (traits) A relatively harmless substance that stimulates the immune cell activity as though the immune cell were acting against an invading cell or antigen The study of the relationship between psychological states and the functioning of the immune system Destroying tumour cells by exposing them to NK cells Test in which the proliferation and effectiveness of NK cells is measured after they have been exposed to diseased cells
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