Answer:
The five general non-specific defense mechanisms that act quickly to fight a wide variety of invaders are:
Step-by-step explanation:
- Antimicrobial proteins are the type of proteins which fight against microbes like bacteria and parasites.
- Phagocytes are the cell that engulf foreign substances when they are detected in the body.
- Natural killer cells are the part of innate immune system that fight against viral infections and is responsible for host rejection of tumor.
- Inflammation is mechanism of the body that occurs when foreign substances are detected in the body. Fever is the result of inflammation and immune response against microbes.