Immune System Crossword
Across
- 2. General term for white blood cells
- 4. Body's response to injury or infection, often causing redness and swelling
- 5. Cell that engulfs and digests harmful foreign particles, bacteria, or dead cells
- 7. Microorganism that can cause disease
- 10. The body's ability to resist infection or toxins
- 12. A substance that triggers an immune response
- 13. A type of lymphocyte that helps the immune system identify pathogens
- 14. Protein produced by the immune system to neutralize pathogens
Down
- 1. Protein involved in cell signaling during immune responses
- 2. Type of white blood cell involved in immune response
- 3. Microscopic agent that invades living cells to reproduce
- 6. Condition where the immune system attacks the body's own cells
- 8. Substance that stimulates immunity to a disease
- 9. Large cell that engulfs and digests pathogens
- 11. Single-celled organisms, some of which can cause infection