Immune System
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- 4. chew up invading organisms
- 5. protection your body creates against a germ once you've been infected
- 6. capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria
- 7. used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects
- 8. the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure
- 9. help ensure risk and controls are effectively managed
- 12. type of immune cell that is made in the bone marrow and is found in the blood and in lymph tissue
- 14. help protect the body from infection and may help fight cancer
- 16. person is given antibodies to a disease
- 18. part of the immune system and develop from stem cells in the bone marrow
- 19. can be proteins, peptides, polysaccharides, lipids, or nucleic acids
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- 1. medicines that fight bacterial infections
- 2. physical and chemical barriers that are always ready
- 3. protects your body from harmful substances, germs and cell changes that could make you ill
- 7. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies
- 10. aims at eliminating specific pathogens that have been encountered by the immune system
- 11. used to stimulate the body's immune response
- 13. infect all life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.
- 15. any of the kinds of cell found circulating in the blood
- 17. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms