Disease and immunity

5. _______ immunity: This is the defence system that learns and adapts over your lifetime (also called Acquired Immunity). It is much slower but is incredibly powerful and specific.
6. A type of white blood cell that protects the body by ingesting (engulfing) harmful foreign particles, such as pathogens (bacteria, viruses), and dead or dying cells.
7. Protein made by white blood cells to bind a specific antigen and destroy it.
12. _______ contact: Transfer of pathogens via contaminated surfaces, food, animals and air.
13. a disease in which the pathogen can be passed from one host to another is called a ______ disease
14. Any substance that is recognized as foreign by the immune system and triggers an immune response, specifically the production of antibodies.
15. Stomach Acid is an example of _____ barrier.

1. Cellular process by which specialized white blood cells engulf and destroy large particles.
2. ______ immunity: The body receives pre-made antibodies from an external source. (e.g., breast milk).
3. Microorganisms that cause infectious disease.
4. Type of white blood cell which are responsible for producing antibodies.
8. Mucus, skin and cilia are examples of _____ barriers.
9. _______ contact: Transfer of pathogens through blood or other bodily fluids
10. ______ immunity: The body's immune system produces its own antibodies. (e.g., after vaccination).
11. _______ immunity: This is the defence system you are born with. It provides immediate, general protection.