Lymphatic system vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. a blood protein produced in response to a specific antigen to fight infection and recognize invaders
  2. 3. nodes: small lumps of tissue in the lymphatic system where lymph is filtered and lymphocytes are formed.
  3. 4. a localized physical reaction to injury or infection in which part of the body becomes red, swollen, hot, and painful
  4. 8. immunity: body’s first line of defense against disease by activating cells to attack invaders
  5. 9. immune system responds abnormally to a substance
  6. 10. type of WBC called lymphocytes, help your immune system fight disease. “Killer T-cells”
  7. 11. type of WBC called Lymphocytes, protect from infection by making antibodies to fight the invader
  8. 13. the state of being resistant to a particular infectious disease or pathogen
  9. 15. cells within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and invaders
Down
  1. 2. failure of the immune system to protect the body adequately from infection due to lacking lymphocytes or phagocytes
  2. 5. blood cancer caused by abnormal increase in ineffective WBC’s
  3. 6. WBC
  4. 7. disease: results when your immune system is overactive, causing it to attack and damage your body's own tissues.
  5. 9. a foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body with the production of antibodies.
  6. 12. type of WBC (B-cells, T-cells) used to create antibodies and fight infection
  7. 14. type of WBC that induces the phagocyte to help fight infection