________ lacks the capacity to remember a pathogen or react differently to it in the future, whereas ________ utilizes memory cells to adapt to a given pathogen and ward it off more easily in the future.

A. Adaptive immunity; innate immunity
B. Innate immunity; cytotoxicity
C. Innate immunity; adaptive immunity
D. A natural killer cell; a macrophage


Answer: C

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