Across
- 3. body’s general response to all kinds of injury.
- 8. An organism that is so small it can only be seen through a microscope.
- 10. The body’s ability to destroy a pathogen that it has previously encountered before the pathogen is able to cause disease.
- 11. A lymphocyte that produces antibodies.
- 12. single-celled microorganisms
Down
- 1. Organisms such as yeasts, molds, and mushrooms
- 2. A disease caused by an organism or virus that enters and multiplies within the human body
- 4. A protein that attaches to the surface of pathogens or to the toxins produced by pathogens, keeping the pathogen or toxin from harming the body.
- 5. A microorganism or virus that causes disease
- 6. The body’s most sophisticated defense against pathogens.
- 7. A type of lymphocyte that helps the immune system destroy pathogens.
- 9. The smallest type of pathogen