Anatomical system that protects the body from foreign substances, cells, and tissues by producing the immune response and that includes especially the thymus, spleen, lymphoid tissue, lymphocytes including the B cells and T cells, and antibodies. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system ]
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- VHOG:0001247
- BTO:0005810
- GAID:328
- MA:0002711
- BILA:0000104
- TAO:0001159
- SCTID:362590003
- Wikipedia:Immune_system
- XAO:0003152
- AAO:0011003
- NCIT:C12735
- MESH:D007107
- FMA:9825
- ZFA:0001159
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uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
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Subclass of:
- non-connected functional system
- capable of some immune system process
- protects some multicellular organism
- existence ends during some fully formed stage