Introduction to the immune Response and inflammation

1. List the four natural body defenses against infection.

2. Activation of the inflammatory response results in heat, redness, pain, and swelling. Briefly expain why each of these signs occurs when the inflammatory response is activated.

3. An elderly patient develops shingles. Describe how the development of shingles in the patient is related to having chicken pox as a child.

4  Go to or another source that describs the function of the immune system. Review the immune system. Briefly summarize your findings.