Lymphocytes Will Attack!

Lymphocytes ar the guards of the human body. There are many different kinds like, B Cells, T Cells, Plasma Cells, Memory B Cells, Helper T Cell, Killer T Cells, and Natural Killer (NK) Cells. NK Cells & Killer T Cells are the ones that copmpletely destroy infected cell. In order for lymphocytes to do their jobs, lymphocytes have to be activated by other cells like macrophages, dentritic cells, and bacteria with bacterial antigens. Here are some pictures of the lymphocytes.




NK cells eliminating infected cells.

 

B cells are the cells of the immune system that make antibodies to invading pathogens like viruses. They form memory cells that remember the same pathogen for faster antibody production in future infections.





Memory B Cell



T Cell killing cancer.



12 Days of Gutsmas

I know it is a little late for Christmas posts ,but i just found this song on the I Heart Guts homepage. I hope you like it!

On the First Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
A Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Second Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Third Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Three Grumbling Stomachs
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Fourth Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Four Moving Bowels
Three Grumbling Stomachs
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Fifth Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Five… Frozen… Spleens
Four Moving Bowels
Three Grumbling Stomachs
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Sixth Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Six Kidneys Kissing
Five… Frozen… Spleens
Four Moving Bowels
Three Grumbling Stomachs
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Seventh Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Seven Mamm’ries Milking
Six Kidneys Kissing
Five… Frozen… Spleens
Four Moving Bowels
Three Grumbling Stomachs
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Eighth Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Eight Wombs-a-Swimming
Seven Mamm’ries Milking
Six Kidneys Kissing
Five… Frozen… Spleens
Four Moving Bowels
Three Grumbling Stomachs
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Ninth Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Nine Braindeer Prancing
Eight Wombs-a-Swimming
Seven Mamm’ries Milking
Six Kidneys Kissing
Five… Frozen… Spleens
Four Moving Bowels
Three Grumbling Stomachs
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Tenth Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Ten Livers Leaping
Nine Braindeer Prancing
Eight Wombs-a-Swimming
Seven Mamm’ries Milking
Six Kidneys Kissing
Five… Frozen… Spleens
Four Moving Bowels
Three Grumbling Stomachs
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Eleventh Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Eleven Lungs-a-Singing
Ten Livers Leaping
Nine Braindeer Prancing
Eight Wombs-a-Swimming
Seven Mamm’ries Milking
Six Kidneys Kissing
Five… Frozen… Spleens
Four Moving Bowels
Three Grumbling Stomachs
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

On the Twelfth Day of Gutsmas
My True Love Gave to Me
Twelve Hearts-a-Pounding
Eleven Lungs-a-Singing
Ten Livers Leaping
Nine Braindeer Prancing
Eight Wombs-a-Swimming
Seven Mamm’ries Milking
Six Kidneys Kissing
Five… Frozen… Spleens
Four Moving Bowels
Three Grumbling Stomachs
Two Jingle Balls
and a Bladder in a Pear Tree.

GIANTmicrobes

GIANTmicrobes^® are stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes — only a million times actual size! They're humorous, educational, and fun! There are many plushies in the world, but in my opinion GIANTmicrobes are TOPS! I heard about GIANTmicrobes when i saw an ad for them on youtube and then I was instantly obsessed with them. They are 1,000 times their original size.

Copepod

HPV

Measles

Pennicillin

Polio

Lyme Disease

Malaria

Sperm Cell



Sore Throat



Botulism

Heartworm

E. coli

Bacteria Bunch

BACTERIA = BAD. Just because BACTERIA = BAD doesn't mean all bacteria is bad. Infact, only 1% of bacteria is harmful to humans. Bacteria like to get in to your body, but most of them don't survive because of our incredible immune system. Unlike cells, bacteria aren't made out of chromosones, they are made out of cells and other cemicals.



Cartoon Bacteria



Cell Sketches

I am reading this book called The Way We Work ,and  it is about how digestion, cells, and breathing works. It is pretty cool about how many different cells there are in the body. Some of the cells in the book were osteoclasts, squamous, cuboidal, and rods & cones. They come in many shapes and sizes! Here are some pictures & sketches of cells. 

 





 


Picture of a venule (C), Pericyte (A), and Stem Cells (B).



Osteoclast Sketch

 

Osteoclast destroying bone trabecula.

Sperm Cell



Egg Cell



Brain Cells



Osteoclast

There are many cells in your body; about 210 of them! Those cells are made up of  chrofmosones, which are made up of DNA, which are made up of molecules, whitch are made up of atoms. (The previous sentence was a lot of typing). The period at the end of this sentence is about the size of an Ethrocyte.

 







 









 







A machrophage "eating" a virus