Across
- 3. inanimate objects which carry pathogens until the object touches something else
- 10. ability to resist a particular infection or toxin by the action of specific antibodies
- 11. protein responsible for neutralizing or destroying toxins and toxin-producing organisms
- 12. single celled microorganism varying in shape and size, responsible for causing a disease
- 13. substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against a disease
Down
- 1. measures taken to prevent the introduction or spread of a pathogen
- 2. study of disease
- 4. spore producing organism which feeds on organic matter and is responsible for causing a disease
- 5. live organisms responsible for providing health benefits
- 6. organism responsible for causing diseases upon entering the body
- 7. organism which lives in or on another organism and obtains nutrients at the expense of the host
- 8. structure on the surface of a pathogen responsible for attaching to receptors on immune cells
- 9. alteration of the body or body organs which interrupts or disturbs the body’s functions