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