Prioritize the events of an antibody-mediated immunity response

1. Antibodies seek out and bind with specific antigen.
2. Antigen binds to a B lymphocyte.
3. Circulating antibody-antigen complexes are destroyed.
4. Antibodies are produced.
5. Antibodies are replenished.


2, 4, 1, 3, 5
Antigen binds to a B lymphocyte and antibodies are produced for that specific antigen. An-tibodies seek out and bind with the specific antigen when it is reintroduced to the organism and bind with them. These circulating antigen-antibody complexes are targeted and de-stroyed by phagocytes. Antibodies are continually replenished in most cases.

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