The Immune System
Across
- 2. study of internal defense system of humans and other animals
- 3. most common white blood cell
- 5. enter body with air, food, and water
- 7. cells with long cytoplasmic extensions
- 8. cells also known as B lymphocytes
- 9. antibodies identical antibodies produced by cells cloned from a single cell
- 11. blocks effects of histamine
- 14. agents that affect cells that produce them
- 16. T cells secrete cytokines that activate B cells
- 18. perforate the plasma membrane of target cell
Down
- 1. labels antigen for destruction
- 3. killer cells that are active against tumor cells
- 4. bind to specific antigens
- 6. large phagocyte that develop from monocytes
- 10. important signaling molecules that perform regulatory functions
- 12. lymphocytes also known as T cells
- 13. agents that regulate the activity of nearby cells
- 15. necrosis factor stimulates immune cells to initiate an inflammatory response
- 17. two interferons that stimulate macrophages
- 18. cells produce specific antibodies