{"id":34,"date":"2026-08-20T10:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/?p=34"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:39:13","slug":"the-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/the-immune-system\/","title":{"rendered":"THE IMMUNE SYSTEM."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Main Parts of the Body&#8217;s Defense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Skin<\/strong>: Acts as a tough outer wall to stop germs from entering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>White blood cells<\/strong>: Patrol the blood and tissues to hunt and destroy bad invaders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lymph nodes<\/strong>: Small bean-shaped glands that trap germs and clean fluid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bone marrow<\/strong>: Soft tissue inside bones that makes new blood cells.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Spleen<\/strong>: An organ that filters the blood and fights infections. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/conditions-and-diseases\/the-immune-system\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/immune-system\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PSRJfaAYkW4&amp;t=7\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cVIEqR1t9bQ&amp;t=6\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicalinfo.hiv.gov\/en\/glossary\/immune-system\">5<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How the Defense Works<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Innate immunity<\/strong>: The general defense you are born with that attacks any intruder right away.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adaptive immunity<\/strong>: Learned protection that grows over time as your body meets specific germs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Antibodies<\/strong>: Special proteins made by B cells that lock onto germs and mark them for destruction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>T cells<\/strong>: Special cells that find and destroy infected or unhealthy body cells. [<a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/body\/21196-immune-system\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cVIEqR1t9bQ&amp;t=6\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PSRJfaAYkW4&amp;t=7\">3<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main Parts of the Body&#8217;s Defense How the Defense Works<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthguide.giv.com.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}