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- 3. These types of vaccines include modified toxins
- 4. Virulence factor that breaks down the body’s structural protein in the dermis
- 6. Virulence factor that breaks down a major component of the matrix between cells
- 8. This attribute of adaptive immunity involves proliferation of many, nearly identical cells which collectively respond to the invader
- 10. Diseases that are spread from animals to humans (plural)
- 13. a fancy name for white blood cells.
- 15. Resistance to pathogens conferred by non-specific defenses, including barriers, chemicals, cells, and processes is referred to as ________ immunity
- 16. These types of cells can be found in the epidermis and mucous membranes, where they function in phagocytosis
- 17. A molecule that triggers a specific immune response
- 18. The three-dimensional shape of a region of an antigen that is recognized by the immune system
- 21. This type of serological test uses an enzyme which catalyzes a reaction that is visible, and only occurs if the correct antigen is present
- 22. This attribute of adaptive immunity involves activation by specific antigens
- 24. The bacterium that causes Lyme disease has this helical, “corkscrew” shape
- 26. These types of vaccines include live viruses that have reduced virulence
- 27. The presence of toxins in the blood stream carried beyond the site of infection
- 28. These types of immunizations result in the generation of antibodies within the host, and the development of memory cells
- 29. the normal microbiome helps to defend against pathogens in numerous ways. These all are referred to as microbial ________.
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- 1. In phagocytosis, the stage which involves movement of the phagocyte toward a foreign microbe by way of detection of chemicals stimulus
- 2. Bacterium that causes Lyme disease (genus only)
- 5. The leukocytes are involved in adaptive immune response
- 7. The ability to recognize and mount a defense against distinct invaders and their products is referred to as this type of immunity.
- 9. Protein A, found in the cell wall of Staphyloccocus aureus, binds with antibodies and disrupts this antibody function
- 11. Virulence factor that clots blood, allowing organism to hid from phagocytes
- 12. The pathogen that causes dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever
- 14. Infections caused by fungi are referred to as this (plural)
- 17. This type of inflammation develops quickly and is typically beneficial
- 19. One of the functions of antibodies, this one involves the stimulation of phagocytosis
- 20. Virulence factor that dissolve blood clots
- 23. Binding of the botulism neurotoxin to nerves, and thus the inhibition of neurotransmitter vesicle release is __________, making this toxin extremely dangerous.
- 25. a chemical defense of the skin, specifically an enzyme that destroys cells walls of bacteria