35.2 Infectious Disease – We learned that when you cut yourself a pathogen may be on your skin or on whatever object cut you. Your body responds by increasing blood flow to the area to help the body attack invading pathogens by bringing phagocytes to the area and they engulf and destroy bacteria and damaged cells. We determined that the part of the inflammatory response that leads to redness around the wounded area, is the increased blood flow.
Assignment: Complete P. 1030 Assessments 35.1 Infectious Diseases and 35.2 Defenses Against Infection.