Across
- 5. when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system
- 9. a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen
- 13. white blood cells engulf forgeign substances and body temperature rises.
- 16. a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles.
- 17. A complex network of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they make that helps the body fight infections and other diseases
- 18. the first or most important method to be used in dealing with a problem
- 19. a form of small leukocyte (white blood cell) with a single round nucleus, occurring especially in the lymphatic system.
- 20. happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them
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- 1. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease
- 2. the antibody protection your body creates against a germ once you've been infected with it
- 3. treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease
- 4. an organism that causes disease
- 6. the immune response
- 7. a mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it
- 8. managerial and is responsible for oversight of the doers
- 10. part of the immune system and develop from stem cells in the bone marrow
- 11. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune system cells.
- 12. a lymphocyte not processed by the thymus gland, and responsible for producing antibodies.
- 14. A type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow and found in the blood and lymph tissue
- 15. develop from stem cells in the bone marrow and become different types of white blood cells
