Compare and contrast innate and adaptive immunity quizlet

The main difference between innate immunity and adaptive immunity is that innate immunity generates a non-specific immune response against the pathogen whereas adaptive immunity generates a specific immune response against a particular pathogen.

Adaptive immune system capable of recognizing numerous microbial and non-infections substances and developing a unique specific immune response for each substance. Whereas, innate immune system can only recognize structures sheared by classes of microorganism.

While the innate immune response is immediate, the adaptive immune response is not. However, the effect of the adaptive immune response is long-lasting, highly specific, and is sustained long-term by memory T cells.