Immune System Crossword
Across
- 1. an immune cells whose job is to engulf/eat a pathogen in order to kill it
- 4. an immune cell that kills pathogens through the use of perforins
- 7. proteins that kill pathogens by puncturing their cell membranes
- 9. the first time the body is infected by a pathogen
- 13. the body's earned ability to resist specific pathogens after encountering them previously
- 16. the main immune cell
- 18. where whiteblood cells form in the body
- 20. the first line of defnese
- 21. raising the body temperature in order to fight off infection
Down
- 2. the type of immune response that is specific to one pathogen
- 3. the type of immune response that is non-specific (responds to any pathogen)
- 5. a type of b cell that remembers how to make an antibody for a specific pathogen to prevent future infection
- 6. protein markers on the surface of a cell
- 8. the process a cell undergoes for cell death
- 10. keratinized layered physical barrier that keeps out most pathogens
- 11. proteins that fit like a puzzle piece to block antigens
- 12. anytime the body is infected by a pathogen again AFTER the initial infection
- 14. a nonspecific response to any tissue damage
- 15. a chemical that activates cytotoxic t cells and b cells
- 17. an immune cell that produces antibodies
- 19. a type of artificial immunity in which a weakened or dead version of the pathogen is injected into the patient