AS Biology F212 Health & Disease
Across
- 1. Movement of leucocytes towards a chemical signal.
- 3. The gland where T lymphocytes mature after being released from the bone marrow.
- 4. The vaccination of the whole population to provide protection from a disease.
- 5. B and T lymphocyte that remain in the blood after an infection and give us immunity.
- 7. A disease causing organism.
- 9. The genus of protoctist which contains organisms that cause malaria.
- 11. Deposition of fatty material in the walls of arteries.
- 14. Chemicals produced by T helper lymphocytes which stimulate B cells to divide.
- 15. Chemicals produced by T killer cells that kill cells infected by viruses.
- 17. A departure from good health caused by a malfunction of the mind or body.
Down
- 1. The cloning of T and B lymphocytes following their exposure to a non-self antigen.
- 2. Any molecule that can initiate an immune response including antibody production.
- 6. An organism that lives in or on another organism but doesn't always cause disease.
- 8. Antibody producing B lymphocytes.
- 10. A large phagocytic leucocyte which acts as an antigen presenting cell.
- 11. A protein made in response to a specific antigen which can bind to and neutralise antigens.
- 12. A state of mental, physical and social wellbeing.
- 13. Vaccination of anyone around or in contact with an infected person to control the spread of the disease.
- 16. A phagocytic white blood cell with an irregular lobed nucleus.