Across
- 2. Immunity occurs when a large number of animals in a group become immune to a pathogen
- 4. structure on the surface of a pathogen responsible for attaching to receptors on immune cells
- 7. body’s ability to maintain an internal environment through adjustments of biochemical and physical pathways
- 8. infectious agent made of a piece of genetic code protected by a coating of protein which can cause a disease
Down
- 1. protein responsible for neutralizing or destroying toxins and toxin-producing
- 3. study of causes of diseases
- 5. inanimate objects which carry pathogens until the object touches something else
- 6. measures taken to prevent the introduction or spread of a pathogen
- 9. ability to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies