The Immune system
Across
- 4. respond to infections by viruses or other intracellular parasites
- 5. a disease-causing organism
- 6. a foreign molecule that elicits a specific response against it
- 7. the immune response that responds to infection and adapts to specific pathogens
- 9. mature in the thymus
- 10. blood vessels swell to increase blood flow
- 11. the type of cell that releases free floating antibodies
- 13. the response in recognizing foreign and dangerous molecules and responding to eliminate them
- 18. the factor that stimulates immune cells to initiate an inflammatory response
Down
- 1. complete development in bone marrow
- 2. caused by cytokines to help the body fight infection by elevating body temperature
- 3. the type of immune response that provides immediate and nonspecific protection against pathogens
- 4. regulate interactions between white blood cells
- 6. Y-shaped proteins with specific receptors that bind with specific antigens
- 8. study of internal defense systems
- 12. originate from bone marrow
- 14. signaling molecules that control the movement of immune system cells
- 15. the type of cell that stay in the body trying to find an antigen match
- 16. a cell that displays antigens on its plasma membrane
- 17. released by mast cells