Host Immune Response

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  1. 3. Intensifies the response of other immune fighters
  2. 4. Once activated will pour millions of antibodies into the blood stream
  3. 5. The immune system that develops throughout life and is antigen specific
  4. 13. Small white blood cells that recognize and control invaders
  5. 14. Leukocytes in the blood stream
  6. 15. Y-shaped proteins
  7. 16. The process of capturing and destruction of bacteria by phagocytes
  8. 17. The prostaglandin that initiates most of the alveolar bone destruction in periodontitis
  9. 18. Powerful biochemical mediators that increase the permeability and dilation of blood vessels to allow for increase movement of immune cells to the site of infection
  10. 19. White blood cells that capture microorganisms
  11. 21. When leukocytes push their way between the endothelial cells and enter the underlying connective tissue
Down
  1. 1. A biochemical mediator that signals the immune system to send more phagocytes to the site of infection
  2. 2. A group of enzymes that act together causing the breakdown connective tissue matrix in periodontitis
  3. 6. The immune system present at birth and is not antigen specific
  4. 7. The process whereby leukocytes engulf and digest microorganisms
  5. 8. Bactericidal and digestive enzymes
  6. 9. The attraction of leukocytes to the site of infection
  7. 10. Neutrophils that are the first responders that capture and destroy bacterial invaders
  8. 11. Antibodies are collectively known as:
  9. 12. Leukocytes in the tissues
  10. 13. Puncturing of cell membrane
  11. 20. A subgroup of cytokines