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To which type of barriers under innate immunity, do the saliva in the mouth and the tears from the eyes, belong?

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Innate immunity is a non-specific type of defence mechanism which provides the first line of defence mechanism against infections. This is executed by providing different types of barriers like,
a) Physiological: Skin and mucus membranes are the main physical barriers. Skin prevents the entry of micro-organism, whereas the mucus membranes help in trapping the microbes entering our body.
b) Phyloigical barriers : Secretions of the body like HCl in the stomach, saliva in the mouth, tears from the eyes are the main physiological barriers against microbes.
c) Cellular barriers : Certain types of cells like polymorphonuclear leucocytes, monocytes, and natural killer cells in the blood as well as macrophages in the tissues are the main cellular barriers. They phagocytose and destroy the microbes.
d) Cytokine barriers : The cytokines secreted by the immune cells like interleukins and interferons are involved in differentiation of cells of immune system and protect the non-infected cells from further infection.
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