Term Name: immune system
Synonyms:
Definition: 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.
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0002405]

Relationships
has parts: arthropod hepatopancreas bone marrow immune organ leukocyte lymphoid system reticuloendothelial system thymus thymus primordium
is a type of: anatomical system
disjoint_from: entire sense organ system hepatobiliary system integumental system
inverse disjoint_from: biliary system circulatory system digestive system endocrine system exocrine system gustatory system hematopoietic system musculoskeletal system nervous system renal system reproductive system respiratory system skeletal system