Across
- 4. Any organism that causes disease
- 5. Bacterial disease causing muscle stiffness, often from contaminated wounds
- 11. First-line physical barrier against infection
- 13. Single-celled fungus that can cause infections
- 15. Group of proteins that help destroy pathogens
- 20. Where B and T cells are formed
- 21. Moist linings that trap and remove pathogens
- 25. response causing redness, swelling, and heat
- 26. Where T cells mature
- 27. General, non-specific immunity
- 28. Raised body temperature that slows pathogen growth
- 29. Bacterium commonly found in intestines; some strains cause severe food poisoning
- 31. Intestinal illness caused by a protozoan found in contaminated water
Down
- 1. Serious bacterial disease that primarily affects the lungs
- 2. Specfic Immunity
- 3. Cells that ingest and break down invading microbes
- 6. Fungal infection that causes itching and cracking skin, usually between toes
- 7. Parasitic worm that emerges painfully through the skin
- 8. Contagious viral respiratory illness also called the flu
- 9. Rare but deadly illness caused by a toxin from improperly preserved food
- 10. Storage of B and T cells
- 12. Tough protein that strengthens skin, hair, and nails
- 14. system that defends against pathogens
- 16. Flat parasitic worm that lives in the digestive tract
- 17. Deadly viral disease transmitted through the bite of infected animals
- 18. cells that engulf and digest pathogens
- 19. blood cells involved in specific immune responses
- 22. Eradicated viral disease marked by fever and pustule-like sores
- 23. Mosquito-borne disease caused by a protozoan parasite
- 24. Proteins released by virus-infected cells to warn others
- 30. Misnamed fungal skin infection that causes circular rashes