Immune system

2. Body's ability to recognize and destroy specific pathogens
5. body's first line of defense against germs entering the body
7. A substance that, when introduced into the body, causes the formation of antibodies against it
8. Disease-Causing Viruses or Organisms
11. IgE-mediated allergic reaction to systemically administered antigen that causes circulatory collapse and suffocation
13. nonspecific resistance that destroys invaders in a generalized way without targeting specific individuals
15. Interstitial-like fluid that carries white blood cells and can pick up infectious microbes
16. A harmless varient or derivative of a pathogen used to stimulate a host organisms immune system
17. Lymphocytes that mature in the thymus
18. Exaggerated responses to antigens in our surroundings

1. specific resistance
3. The process of generating a state of immunity by artifical means
4. Proteins dissolved in blood plasma that to a specific kind of antigen and help counter its effects.
6. Drugs that interfere with histamine's actions and give temporary relief from an allergy
7. Occur when the immune system attacks the body's own molecules
9. Lymphocytes that mature in bone marrow and produce antibodies
10. Produced by antibodies that develop in our bodies in response to antigens
12. Exaggerated responses to antigens in our surroundings
14. White blood cells found in the lymphatic system that are chiefly responsible for the acquired immune response
15. A number of small swellings in the lymphatic system where lymph is filtered