Immune System and Disease Prevention

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Across
  1. 1. A serious inflammation of the lungs
  2. 7. a viral disease characterized by a severe sore throat and swelling of the lymph glands in the next and around the throat area.
  3. 10. a highly communicable viral disease characterized by fever, chills, fatigue, headache, muscle aches and respiratory symptoms.
  4. 12. an organism, such as an insect, that transmits pathogens.
  5. 13. Organisms that are so small they can only be seen through a microscope.
  6. 15. a substance that can cause cancer.
  7. 17. the result of pathogens or germs invading the body, multiplying, and harming some of your body's cells.
  8. 18. able to spread to other by direct or indirect contact.
  9. 19. the length of time that a particular disease can be spread from person to person.
  10. 23. diseases that are present continuously or off and on over a long time.
  11. 27. all disorders that are present when a baby is born.
  12. 28. a disease that can spread to a person from another person, an animal, or an object.
  13. 29. a Disease caused by the hepatitis B virus that affects the liver.
  14. 30. Simple one-celled organisms
Down
  1. 2. the body's response to injury or disease, resulting in a condition of swelling, pain, heat, and redness.
  2. 3. the ability to resist the pathogens that cause a particular disease
  3. 4. cleanliness.
  4. 5. a preparation of dead or weakened pathogens that is introduced into the body to cause an immune system response.
  5. 6. substances that send the immune system into action.
  6. 8. a disease that cannot be spread from one person to another.
  7. 9. cause a further breakdown in body cells, tissues, and organs as they progress.
  8. 11. proteins that attach to antigens, keeping them from harming the body.
  9. 14. organisms that are more complex than bacteria but cannot make their own food.
  10. 16. System a combination of body defenses made up of all the cells, tissues, and organs that fight pathogens that enter the body.
  11. 20. a bacterial disease that usually affects the lungs.
  12. 21. a sore throat caused by streptococcal bacteria
  13. 22. Characteristics or behaviors that increase the likelihood of developing a medical disorder or disease
  14. 24. The smallest and simplest pathogens.
  15. 25. system A secondary circulatory system that helps the body fight pathogens and maintains its fluid balance.
  16. 26. a viral disease characterized by an inflammation of the liver and yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes.