Immune System
Across
- 3. Single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus; prokaryotes - diseases: strep throat, food poisoning, pneumonia.
- 5. A form of immunity in which the body produces its own antibodies against a disease/infection.
- 6. Immunity that is present before exposure and effective from birth.
- 10. Some bacteria are beneficial: breaking down our food, gut health, and fights off harmful bacteria.
- 11. Lymphocytes, antigens, antibodies, Memory B and T cells that recognize the pathogen if it invades again.
- 12. The immunities we acquire throughout our lives.
- 13. System composed of a network of vessels, ducts, nodes, and organs. Provides defense against infection.
- 16. Macrophages and inflammatory responses (fever, swelling, redness, heat, and pain.)
- 17. A complex response system that protects the body from bacteria, viruses, and other foreign substances.
- 18. Cells created in the thymus that produce substances that attack infected cells in the body.
- 19. A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.
Down
- 1. The short-term immunity that comes from the antibodies from another person or animal.
- 2. Found within the lymph node; they destroy bacteria, cancer cells, and other foreign matter in the lymphatic stream.
- 4. Specialized proteins that aid in destroying infectious agents.
- 7. Foreign substances that trigger the attack of antibodies in the immune response.
- 8. Organisms that cause disease.
- 9. External barriers: skin and mucous membranes.
- 14. Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms.
- 15. Cells manufactured in the bone marrow that create antibodies for isolating and destroying invading bacteria and viruses.