This 3D medical animation shows how antibodies stop harmful pathogens from attaching themselves to healthy cells in the blood stream. The animation begins by showing normal red and white blood cells flowing through the blood stream. A single pathogen appears onscreen slowly moving toward its destination on the surface of a cell. The tubular extensions on the pathogen are surface proteins which attach to the surface of a white blood cell. As the animation continues, more pathogens continue to attach to the white blood cell, rendering it ineffective.During the immune system response, Y-shaped antibodies begin attacking the pathogen. The antibodies completely block the pathogen from attaching to the white blood cell, "tagging" the pathogen so that one of the immune system's leaner and meaner cells, a macrophage, appears onscreen to engulf and digest the pathogen.
That was surprisingly helpful. :)
ReplyDeleteMackenzie C. 7G
Wow, that was cool. I know understand how the pathagens are desroyed in the body. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteNicolette V. 7g
Really cool! I love the photo, antibodies with faces!
ReplyDeleteYeah, we watched this video during study hall. I really liked the video because it was a good visual aid in helping understand how antibodies cling on to pathogens so the pathogens can't connect with the cell. I think it's really cool how our bodies make specific antibodies for each pathogen. It just shows how hard our immune system works to keep us healthy. Thank You Immune System :)
ReplyDeleteyou showed us that in class...
ReplyDeleteit was really kinda gross but it showed how that stuff works.
POOR ANTIBODIES! THEIRE LITTLE LIVES ARE WASTED BEING MARKERS.
Lila Cohen 7a
I really like that animation and how they made it look 3D and stuff. ALmost as good as Brianpop!
ReplyDeleteSARAF R 7F
this video is really cool! thanks leslie
ReplyDeleteLucy 7A
The graphics in this are very realistic.
ReplyDeleteMacrophages are awesome. They eat the bad cells and protect us!
ReplyDeleteI really understand the role od the antigens in the picture. Thanks Leslie.
ReplyDeleteLydia W.
7G
cool animation:)
ReplyDeleteMatthew N. 7B
Woah this is soo cool! Thanks
ReplyDelete-Isadora N 7E
This is a really cool video! Its cool to see the patheogens destoryed in 3D :)
ReplyDeleteIsadora N 7E
This animation was really helpful because it it showed me how the antigens of the pathogens lock on the healthy cell. I love how macrophages help!
ReplyDelete~Inga Tjo. 7G
I wonder if there could be a medicine that would have the antibodies leave the pathogen right before the macrophages eat the pathogen so the body would not have to use ATP to make more antibodies and illnesses would go away quicker.
ReplyDeleteEthan Singer 7B
Antibodies are cool! They are like a signal for those macrophages to just eat them up.
ReplyDeleteKevin C. 7F
I liked this video, it seemed very realistic! It kind of grossed me out, especially when the macrophages engulfed the pathogens and the antibodies! I do not really understand the antigen very well yet, I know that they trigger the immune system to respond, but how? And do they do anything else? By the way, I liked how the title of "Nucleus" came up!
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-Katherine W. 7E
i liked how the video really shows me how the whole process works.
ReplyDeleteZi Ying C. 7E
Before I didn't really understand much about anitbodies, but this video really cleared everything up for me. Thanks!
ReplyDelete- Paola W. 7E
i really love how the video is realistic....the picture was helpful too! thanks, leslie!
ReplyDelete~Kimberly C. 7G
This was really cool.
ReplyDeleteNicolaj C.
Since this was a medical animation, is there an actual pathogen that looks like that?
ReplyDeleteAre there other medical animations about the immune system? These animations are really helpful!
~Andrea C. 7A
I love how the pictures are more child-ish so they're easier for people to understand. (:
ReplyDelete-Kelly L. 7E
i liked the faces
ReplyDelete-Elliot W. 7B
I remember this in class! it is really helpful since it shows most of the immune system's processes
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS VIDEO!
ReplyDeletethe minute i saw it in class i fully understood the immune system, and now that i saw it again it helped me even more. I love learning about this.
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Amadna O'Dell 7A
thank you for describing the video in class.
ReplyDeleteJohnluke Q. 7H