Immune System Vocab
Across
- 2. cytokine that causes an inflammatory response to an injury; resulting in redness, swelling, warmth and pain.
- 3. a cell that engulfs large particles or whole cells
- 4. fluid found in the lymphatic system
- 6. a large white blood cell that attacks pathogen-infected cellsand cancer cells
- 9. T-cells shut down system
- 10. system that has fights off invading pathogens and preventing spread of cancer
- 12. resistance to a certain pathogen
- 14. white blood cells engulf forgeign substances and body temperature rises
- 15. largest lymphatic organ; disintegrates old red blood cells, produces lymphocytes and plasmids
- 17. kill pathogens by puncturing cell membrane
- 18. nodes filter lymph for bacteria and tumor cells
Down
- 1. a process where a cell engulfs large particles or whole cells
- 5. a large white blood cell that engulfs pathogens and cellular debris
- 7. produces antibodies in response to antigens
- 8. a substance that stimulates an immune response
- 10. protein that inhibits the reproduction of viruses
- 11. white blood cell that protects the body from reinfection by a specific pathogen
- 13. initiate chemical response
- 16. stimulates an immune response against an antigen
- 19. an organism that causes disease