Learn about how the immune system works. Topics include antigens and antibodies.

With these learning exercises, students explain the advantages of the human adaptive immune response over the innate immune response including the types of T cells, development, and their functions.

Read a passage about the activation of T lymphocytes and answer the follow-up questions to practice for the MCAT.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Almost all of us have had a sore throat at some time. Maybe you had your tonsils out when you were younger? Why? Your tonsils are two lumps of tissue that work as...

Tutorial and game on vocabulary and functions of the immune system. Covers different cell types, immune responses, germs and pathogens, and antibiotics.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the role of the lymphatic system in the immune response.

An interactive, self-guided lesson on the function of the human immune system and how medical intervention prevents disease. This lesson has many descriptive animations as well as graphs and diagrams to help with understanding. There is...

The purpose of this lesson is to relate the action of vaccines to the human immune system. In this lesson, young scholars will explore infectious disease and immunity and learn how vaccines help the body defend itself against infectious...

The different parts of the immune system and its cell types are explained. Also described are the three kinds of immunity humans have - adaptive, innate and passive - as well as the major types of disorders of the immune system.

A high level discussion of the processes in which the killer T cell is involved. Strong biology background required.