Non-specific animal defenses encompass physical barriers like skin and mucous membranes, chemical agents such as lysozymes, and processes like blood clotting, inflammation, fever, and phagocytosis.
Non-specific animal defenses include physical barriers (skin, mucous membranes), chemical defenses (lysozymes, acid), expulsive reflexes, blood clotting, inflammation, fever, and phagocytosis.
| Front | Non-specific animal defences overview |
|---|---|
| Back | keeping pathogens out; - skin - mucuous membranes - lysozymes/acid - expulsive reflexes - blood clotting - inflammatory response getting pathogens out - fever - phagocytosis |
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