Immune System

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Across
  1. 3. ____ immunity (B cells) is provided by antibodies
  2. 4. abnormally high body temperature
  3. 5. the _____ pathway is spontaneously activated
  4. 7. promotes killing pathogens by free radicals and oxidizing chemicals
  5. 8. causes local hyperemia, accounts for the redness and heat of an inflamed region
  6. 10. the most important ______ proteins are interferons and complement proteins
  7. 13. the strongest antigens are
  8. 15. provide handles to which phagocytes receptors can bind
  9. 17. the most abundant antibody in plasma
  10. 18. ___ cells kill cancer cells and virus infected cells before the adaptive immune system is activated
  11. 20. neutrophils flatten and squeeze out of capillaries
  12. 23. the most abundant type of white blood cell
  13. 27. these are formed in response to antigens
  14. 31. walled off sac of puss
  15. 33. phagosome that fuses with a lysosome
  16. 34. neutrophils cling to the capillary wall during
  17. 35. nonspecific response to tissue injury that prevents the spread of damaging agents and alerts the adaptive immune system
  18. 36. the ability to react with the activated lymphocytes and the antibodies released by immunogenic reaction
  19. 37. substances that trigger the body's adaptive defenses
Down
  1. 1. harmful or disease-causing microorganisms
  2. 2. ____ immunity (t cells) uses lymphocytes to defend the body
  3. 6. where do lymphocytes originate
  4. 9. defense system that is specific and takes longer
  5. 11. mediators that influence cell development, differentiation, and responses in the immune system
  6. 12. inflammation is a _____ response to infection
  7. 14. the proteins enhance the effectiveness of both innate and adaptive defenses
  8. 16. ___ cells are found at the bodies frontiers and are very efficient antigen catchers
  9. 19. lack the cellular machinery to generate energy or synthesize
  10. 21. act as the first line of defense
  11. 22. water-soluble protein molecules that the innate immune system produces to recognize foreign invaders
  12. 24. defense system that is nonspecific and quick
  13. 25. help protect cells that have no yet been infected
  14. 26. the ability to stimulate specific lymphocytes to proliferate
  15. 28. soon after inflammation begins, ____ flood the damaged area
  16. 29. mixture of dead or dying neutrophils, broken-down tissue cells, and living and dead pathogens
  17. 30. derive from monocytes, can leave blood stream, search for foreign invaders
  18. 32. resistance to disease