Immune & Lymphatic System
Across
- 3. the body's soldiers
- 6. toxins/produced by different organisms
- 7. nodes/small, round bumps in the body that may get swollen when sick
- 12. the body to an antigen in a way that doesn't make someone sick
- 15. in the upper left part of the body under the ribcage
- 16. doctors check for swollen lymph nodes in the neck when someone has a sore throat
- 17. bacteria
- 19. system/an extensive drainage network
Down
- 1. duct/runs up through the chest and empties into the blood through a large vein near the left side of the neck
- 2. immunity/develops throughout out lives
- 4. type of white blood cell
- 5. proteins that stop infections from spreading by trapping disease causing germs & destroying them
- 8. immunity/a type of general protection
- 9. kill bacteria, viruses, or infected cells
- 10. nodes/like the body's military intelligence system
- 11. immunity/"borrowed" from another source & it lasts for a short time
- 13. clear, watery fluid that follows through its own vessels branching throughout the body
- 14. bacteria
- 18. lymphatic duct/collects lymph from the right side of the neck, chest, and arm and empties into a large vein near the right side of the neck