Miscellaneous Part II Immune System

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  1. 2. physical and chemical barriers that are always ready and prepared to defend the body from infection.
  2. 4. used to attack invading bacteria, viruses, and toxins.
  3. 7. A drug used to treat infections caused by bacteria and other microorganisms.
  4. 10. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease
  5. 11. A type of white blood cell.
  6. 12. infectious agent of small size and simple composition that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria.
  7. 15. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune system cells.
  8. 16. Any substance that causes the body to make an immune response against that substance.
  9. 17. A complex network of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they make that helps the body fight infections and other diseases.
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  1. 1. provided when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system.
  2. 3. happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them.
  3. 5. a group of cells, tissues and organs that work together to protect the body
  4. 6. A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells.
  5. 8. eliminating specific pathogens that have been encountered by the immune system previously
  6. 9. acquired from exposure to the disease organism through infection with the actual disease.
  7. 10. a mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it.
  8. 13. The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.
  9. 14. A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies.