Blood and Lymphatic System
Across
- 7. lower than normal number of granulocytes (type of leukocyte)
- 9. inherited blood disorder
- 12. blood protein produced in response to an antigen
- 13. surgical operation removing the spleen
- 14. abnormal bone marrow cells
- 15. malignant cells forming in the thymus
- 17. large phagocytic cells found in the stationary form in the tissues or as mobile leukocytes at the site of infection
- 18. cancer of blood-forming tissues giving the body a hard time fighting infection
- 19. prevention or treatment of disease with a substance that stimulates an immune response
Down
- 1. red blood cells have less color than normal
- 2. test to measure immunoglobulin in the blood
- 3. a foreign substance inducing an immune response
- 4. a mass of enlarged lymphatic tissue between back of nose and throat
- 5. a substance to stimulate immunity to a particular infectious disease or pathogen
- 6. disease affecting the lymph nodes
- 8. glycoproteins produced by leukocytes for regulating immune response
- 10. an overactive spleen
- 11. term for cancer that starts in the lymph system
- 12. presence of red blood cells of varying sizes
- 16. an immune response by the body to a substance