Which statement best differentiates innate immunity from adaptive immunity?

Which statement best differentiates innate immunity from adaptive immunity?

• A. Innate immunity uses barriers, phagocytes, and natural killer cells and is rapid and non-specific; adaptive immunity uses B and T lymphocytes and antibodies and is specific, slower at first but memory-based.
• B. Adaptive immunity is rapid and non-specific.
• C. Innate immunity is rapid and non-specific; adaptive immunity is specific and slower initially but develops memory.
• D. Both immune responses are equally fast and non-specific.

Answer: (C)