Immune System

2. a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles.
4. a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies.
7. A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies.
8. provided when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system.
11. A cell that is part of the immune system and helps the body fight infections and other diseases.
12. The act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.
13. is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.
15. a mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it.
17. are one of the important types of white blood cells of the immune system and play a central role in the adaptive immune response.
18. physical and chemical barriers that are always ready and prepared to defend the body from infection.
19. a large phagocytic cell found in stationary form in the tissues or as a mobile white blood cell, especially at sites of infection.

1. does not require prior sensitization to an antigen.
3. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease.
5. eliminating specific pathogens that have been encountered by the immune system previously (adaptive or acquired immune response).
6. also known as leukocytes, are responsible for protecting your body from infection.
9. are medicines that fight bacterial infections in people and animals.
10. protects your child's body from outside invaders.
14. supports management to help ensure risk and controls are effectively managed.
15. a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances which the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood.
16. A type of immune cell that is made in the bone marrow and is found in the blood and in lymph tissue