Miscellaneous Immune System

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  1. 4. A complex network of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they make that helps the body fight infections and other diseases
  2. 5. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease
  3. 9. is a mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it
  4. 12. help protect the body from infection and may help fight cancer. Also called T lymphocyte and thymocyte.
  5. 13. is the antibody protection your body creates against a germ once you've been infected with it
  6. 14. involves the production of two types of lymphocytes B and T cells which are specific to the invading particle
  7. 15. A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells. It can also boost immune responses
  8. 16. called B lymphocyte
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  1. 1. A protein made by plasma cells (a type of white blood cell) in response to an antigen
  2. 2. physical and chemical barriers that are always ready and prepared to defend the body from infection
  3. 3. treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; inoculation
  4. 6. when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system
  5. 7. is nonspecific resistance that destroys invaders in a generalized way without targeting specific individuals
  6. 8. A type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow and found in the blood and lymph tissue
  7. 10. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune system cells
  8. 11. is a type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system. There are two main types B cells and T cells