Ch 21 Infectious Disease

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Across
  1. 3. body’s general response to all kinds of injury.
  2. 8. An organism that is so small it can only be seen through a microscope.
  3. 10. The body’s ability to destroy a pathogen that it has previously encountered before the pathogen is able to cause disease.
  4. 11. A lymphocyte that produces antibodies.
  5. 12. single-celled microorganisms
Down
  1. 1. Organisms such as yeasts, molds, and mushrooms
  2. 2. A disease caused by an organism or virus that enters and multiplies within the human body
  3. 4. A protein that attaches to the surface of pathogens or to the toxins produced by pathogens, keeping the pathogen or toxin from harming the body.
  4. 5. A microorganism or virus that causes disease
  5. 6. The body’s most sophisticated defense against pathogens.
  6. 7. A type of lymphocyte that helps the immune system destroy pathogens.
  7. 9. The smallest type of pathogen