Immune System Crossword
Across
- 4. a response to environmental antigens.
- 10. a substance that can kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms.
- 11. type of lymphocyte cell that activates antibody secretion in B cells.
- 12. a protein secreted by virus-infected cells
- 14. diseases that are continually are found in small amounts within the population. (ex. common cold)
- 19. a type of white blood cell that is produced in red blood marrow.
- 21. enhance phagocytosis by helping the phagocytic cells bind better to pathogens and activating the phagocytes.
- 24. disease results from an error in a biochemical pathway.
- 25. disease are the result of a part of the body wearing out.
- 26. agents that cause of infections disease
- 27. ingest bacteria and remove dead neutrophils.
- 29. located in all lymphatic tissues and can be thought of as antibody factories.
Down
- 1. rules for demonstrating that an organism causes a disease
- 2. wide-spread disease throughout a large region, such as a country, continent, or entire globe.
- 3. destroy pathogens and release chemicals called cytokines.
- 4. severe allergic reaction causing a massive release of histamine
- 5. bacterium, affects skeletal and nervous system, spread through a vector.
- 6. virus, affects the respiratory system, spread through droplets/direct contact
- 7. disease that occurs in a large outbreak in an area and afflict many people
- 8. protozoan, affects blood and liver, spread through a vector.
- 9. a disease that is caused by a pathogen passed from one organism to another, disrupting homeostasis.
- 13. proteins produced by B lymphocytes that specifically react with a foreign antigen.
- 15. a source of the pathogen in the environment.
- 16. immunization against chicken pox that contains inactivated virus.
- 17. long-living cells that are exposed to the antigen during the primary immune response.
- 18. the deliberate exposure of the body to an antigen do that primary response and immune memory cells will develop.
- 20. immunization for measles. mumps, and rubella
- 22. bacterium, affects the respiratory system, spread through droplets
- 23. virus, affects the nervous system, spread through animal bite
- 26. allergic reaction to this allergen can result in anaphylaxis. responsible for more fatalities than any other allergen.
- 28. immunization for hepatitis B