Immunity and Disease
Across
- 2. kills bacteria that enter with food
- 4. a harmful microbe
- 6. a viral disease
- 8. diseases that can be passed from one person to another
- 10. physical barrier to pathogens
- 12. ________ immunity recognizes and removes pathogens through physical and chemical means
- 13. a substance that can cause an immune response
- 14. microscopic organisms
- 15. consists of genetic material surrounded by a protein coat
- 16. engulf and digest pathogens
Down
- 1. used to treat bacterial infections
- 2. type of antigen that produces an abnormally vigorous immune response
- 3. substances produced by lymphocytes
- 5. an agent that resembles a disease-causing microbe
- 6. body's ability to resist and fight diseases
- 7. antibodies that neutralise toxins released by pathogens
- 9. traps dust particles in respiratory tract
- 11. a nutritional disease