Immune System keywords

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Across
  1. 4. enzyme that destroy ingested pathogens during phagocytosis
  2. 5. immunity involving antibodies
  3. 7. test that uses antibodies to detect the presence and quantity of a protein in a sample
  4. 10. a microorganism that causes disease
  5. 12. a slightly milky fluid found in vessels, made up of tissue fluid, fat and lymphocytes
  6. 13. type of white blood cell produced in the bone marrow that matures in the thymus gland
  7. 16. a molecule that triggers an immune response by lymphocytes
  8. 17. the development in microorganisms of mechanisms that prevent antibiotics from killing them
Down
  1. 1. type of white blood cell that is produced and matures within the bone marrow, produce antibodies
  2. 2. resistance to disease that is acquired from the introduction of antibodies from another individual rather than an individual's own immune system (e.g. across the placenta/mother's milk)
  3. 3. the response of the immune system to an allergen
  4. 6. mechanism by which cells engulf particles to form a vesicle or a vacuole
  5. 8. a substance produced by living organisms that can destroy or inhibit the growth of microorganisms
  6. 9. a protein produced by lymphocytes in response to the presence of the appropriate antigen
  7. 11. a normally harmless substance that causes the immune system to produce an immune response
  8. 14. cell type that secretes antibodies into the blood plasma
  9. 15. the introduction of a vaccine containing appropriate disease antigens into the body, by injection or mouth, in order to induce artificial immunity