The Innate immune system is the body's first barrier of defence to infection. It relies on an older, more generic, and faster acting set of tools than the [[:Category:Adaptive Immune System|adaptive]] system. While the adaptive system is essential for a specific response to infection, it is ultimately the innate system that conquers foreign attackers through means of phagocytosis.
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The Innate immune system is the body's first barrier of defence to infection. It relies on an older, more generic, and faster acting set of tools than the [[:Category:Adaptive Immune System|adaptive]] system. While the adaptive system is essential for a specific response to infection, it is ultimately the innate system that conquers foreign attackers by means of phagocytosis.
* Non-specific protective mechanisms include such innate factors as:
* Non-specific protective mechanisms include such innate factors as: