Biology Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 5. liquid matrix of the blood
  2. 7. proteins that interact in a cascade that ends with the destruction of bacterial cells
  3. 9. accessory organ that stores bile until chyme triggers its release into the small intestine
  4. 11. Y shaped protein composed of two heavy and two light polypeptide chains
  5. 12. entrance of food into the digestive track
  6. 13. a rise in the body's temperature
  7. 15. substances required for metabolism, growth, maintenance of life
  8. 16. disease wherein the bone marrow overproduces white blood cells
  9. 17. another term for white blood cells
  10. 21. immediate reaction to an injury or any pathogen that breaches the body's barrier
  11. 23. animals that only eat meat
  12. 25. target in an adaptive immune response
  13. 26. chemical breakdown of food
  14. 28. chamber where blood enters
  15. 29. pump that keeps the blood moving through vessels
Down
  1. 1. fluid of the Circulatory System
  2. 2. substance that stimulates active immunity against a pathogen without actually causing illness
  3. 3. chamber where blood exits
  4. 4. condition in which the immune system lacks one or more essential components
  5. 6. a damaging immune response by the body to a substance, especially pollen, fur, a particular food, or dust, to which it has become hypersensitive
  6. 8. animals that only eat plants
  7. 10. _______ immunity; where a person receives antibodies from somewhere else
  8. 14. pigment of the red blood cells
  9. 18. tube that connects the bladder with the outside of the body
  10. 19. small, colorless cell fragments that participate in blood clotting
  11. 20. chemical that suspends fats in water to speed digestion by lipase
  12. 22. BMI greater than 30
  13. 24. animals that eat both plants and meat
  14. 25. _______ immunity; where a person makes his own antibodies
  15. 27. carries oxygenated blood away from the heart