Click here for a short animation of how antigens stimulate antibody production. There are several other immune system animations on the right side of the page! Enjoy:)Did you watch any of the other animations? If so, which ones were the most helpful or relevant?
this animaton was really helpful .
ReplyDeletethanks Leslie!
I thought that it was really good because you could test what you learned by taking the mini quiz
Leila 7F
I'm confused, what's the difference between an antigen and an epitote?
ReplyDeletethis video was a little short, but very informative! please put some more of these animations because they help you understand the biological concepts better. :)
ReplyDeleteemily lei 7H
Thanks for the animation!
ReplyDeleteI liked all the animations. They're often helpful especially if they have texts or audio.
The cartoons are especially funny...
But these are good too!
I don't usually like ones that have real pictures but ones like the frog animation were good. I personally like ones that are specific and explain with diagrams. And same on all the things up there...
Michael N. 7I
Our body is so complex. Everything has to fit together perfectly like this and enzymes and substrate.
ReplyDeleteShahriyar Haider 7a
This is really helpful! The animations make things so much more clear.
ReplyDeleteHi! this is Fia:
ReplyDeleteI agree with Emily; the video was a bit short...
In class on Friday or Monday, we watched a short video about a virus infecting a host. It was short, but thankfully very succint, so it still helped me a lot. Thanks!
Very nice and interesting
ReplyDeleteThis is helpful and I really like all the videos and animations
ReplyDeleteAre antigens made up of epitopes?
ReplyDeleteLike Owen what IS the difference btwn a epitote and an antigen...
ReplyDeletevivian
wait...wat? in the first part of the video it says that antigens have epitopes on them, on the 2nd part of the vid. it says the bacterial cells have epitopes on them, but i thought bacterial cells have antigens on them which have epitopes on them, but it shows epitopes on the cell itself, like receptors...huh?
ReplyDeletei really dont know if im going 2 hav a strong stomach throughout the disection. im just going 2 let skyler do the cutting.=/ the video is pretty short, and i didnt really like bcuz it was pictures from the disection, and i wanted 2 watch the whole process take place
ReplyDeleteThe animation really helped me. I used to think that Antigens where the part on the outside of the invader and not the whole pathogen.
ReplyDeleteThanks!!!
Thanks Leslie! This was very helful! great animations, i think you should put up more like it!
ReplyDeleteEmily R. 7F
this is really helpful!! thx leslie!!
ReplyDeleteHey leslie,
ReplyDeletei am reading this book called "the cure", (my friends mom wrote it, and it is becoming a movie, "extrodinary measures" its a true story) and it talkes about a fatal disease called pompe, its when glycogen stores up in your muscles and u cannot create enough enzymes to break it down. because of this people with pompe cannot move, or even smile.
i definitely reccomend this book.
YOU SHOULD READ IT.
--remi
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The animations help make everything more clear because they explain things in a really simple and straight forward way. Have we gone over epitotes? I don't really understand what they are... Thanks Leslie!
ReplyDeleteJulia Girardoni 7f
cool, I didn't know that the antibodies attached to an epitote, and not directly on the antigen. It was interesting to learn about how W.B.C. know which antibodies to send against the bacteria.
ReplyDelete--Ella 7J
Remi - do you have a copy of that book? I would love to read it!
ReplyDeleteTo answer Vivian and Owen's question: an antigen is any foreign particle that is able to trigger the immune response in a system. This trigger results in the production of antibodies.
ReplyDeleteAn epitope is a small portion of an antigen which is also able to do the same work as the antigen. It is also referred as the antigenic determinant site. Hope this helps:)
Sophia m. 7f
ReplyDeletethat quiz was really helpful. im still kind of confused about the antigens and the epitopes.
but arent they on the surface on the virus??? It was a cool video. But alittle short.
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Andrew Chin 7E
ReplyDeleteI didnt know that antibodies dont directly attach to the antigen. Pretty helpful =)
It helped me exactly understand the roles of the antibodies and antigens. Now I don't mix them up.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
-Dylan Li 7I
Very short, but is very helpful... thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe attached video is a bit confusing. Is the squggly thing a pathogen?
ReplyDelete-Claire, 7H
Leslie: If you wanted to read "The Cure", maybe you should buy a ticket to watch "Extraodinary Measures"?
ReplyDeletecool, but like everybody else, it was short.
ReplyDeleteare some pathogens colorful? Like that weird glob thing in the begiining? and can antibodies be colorful?
while i was srolling down to comment, i noticed tht i commented about the frog disection under the wrong thing. =( i feel so dumb. so the antigen is the invader, but the anti bodyis the deffender, rite?
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