immune system
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- 2. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease
- 6. when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system
- 8. a part of the immune system that focuses on specific foreign particles
- 10. managerial and is responsible for oversight of the doers
- 11. the antibody protection your body creates against a germ once you've been infected with it
- 12. a type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system
- 13. a fist-sized organ in the upper left side of your abdomen, next to your stomach and behind your left ribs, important to your immune system
- 14. managerial and is responsible for oversight of the doers
- 15. develop from stem cells in the bone marrow and become different types of white blood cells
- 16. part of the body's immune system
- 18. mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it
- 19. The moist, inner lining of some organs and body cavities
- 20. a type of lymphocyte that are responsible for the humoral immunity component of the adaptive immune system
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- 1. a large phagocytic cell found in stationary form in the tissues or as a mobile white blood cell, especially at sites of infection
- 3. physical and chemical barriers that are always ready and prepared to defend the body from infection
- 4. protects your child's body from outside invaders
- 5. a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles
- 7. happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them
- 9. treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- 17. a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen