Immune System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. Any organism that causes disease
  2. 5. Bacterial disease causing muscle stiffness, often from contaminated wounds
  3. 11. First-line physical barrier against infection
  4. 13. Single-celled fungus that can cause infections
  5. 15. Group of proteins that help destroy pathogens
  6. 20. Where B and T cells are formed
  7. 21. Moist linings that trap and remove pathogens
  8. 25. response causing redness, swelling, and heat
  9. 26. Where T cells mature
  10. 27. General, non-specific immunity
  11. 28. Raised body temperature that slows pathogen growth
  12. 29. Bacterium commonly found in intestines; some strains cause severe food poisoning
  13. 31. Intestinal illness caused by a protozoan found in contaminated water
Down
  1. 1. Serious bacterial disease that primarily affects the lungs
  2. 2. Specfic Immunity
  3. 3. Cells that ingest and break down invading microbes
  4. 6. Fungal infection that causes itching and cracking skin, usually between toes
  5. 7. Parasitic worm that emerges painfully through the skin
  6. 8. Contagious viral respiratory illness also called the flu
  7. 9. Rare but deadly illness caused by a toxin from improperly preserved food
  8. 10. Storage of B and T cells
  9. 12. Tough protein that strengthens skin, hair, and nails
  10. 14. system that defends against pathogens
  11. 16. Flat parasitic worm that lives in the digestive tract
  12. 17. Deadly viral disease transmitted through the bite of infected animals
  13. 18. cells that engulf and digest pathogens
  14. 19. blood cells involved in specific immune responses
  15. 22. Eradicated viral disease marked by fever and pustule-like sores
  16. 23. Mosquito-borne disease caused by a protozoan parasite
  17. 24. Proteins released by virus-infected cells to warn others
  18. 30. Misnamed fungal skin infection that causes circular rashes