Chapter 14 Lymphatic system and immunity
Across
- 2. type of lymphocytes that defend against cancer cells and viruses by secreting perforins
- 4. a disease-causing agent
- 8. molecules that produce and immune response (the body recognizes this as foreign)
- 9. redness, swelling, heat and pain
- 10. defenses that protect against many types of pathogens
- 11. largest lymphatic organ
- 12. a type of lymphocyte that matures in the bone marrow; part of humoral immune response
- 13. swelling
- 14. react against the antigen-bearing agent made by plasma cells
- 16. tissue fluid that flows through the lymphaic capillaries
- 18. a type of lymphocyte that matures in the thymus gland,involved in cellular immune response
Down
- 1. body's immune reaction against it's self
- 3. resistance to a specific pathogen or their toxins
- 5. lymphatic gland located superior to the heart
- 6. defenses that use precise mechanisms that target a specific pathogen
- 7. cells that activate T-cells
- 15. lymphocytes that mature in the bone marrow
- 17. a preparation that produces artificially acquired active immunity