Across
- 4. Part of the immune system, consists of primary and secondary lymphoid organs
- 5. Another organ that functions like a barrier
- 7. Special immune system cells, matures in the thymus
- 10. Complex network of cells
- 11. Stores various immune cells, breaks down red blood cells, and stores and breaks down platelets
- 13. A subsystem that provides the general defense
- 14. An organ that functions like a barrier
- 15. Harmless bacteria, makes the spreading and entering of germs in body difficult
Down
- 1. Sponge-like tissue found inside bones
- 2. gland-like organ that turns into fatty tissue after it reaches maturity
- 3. Produced by the adaptive immune system
- 6. A subsystem that fights certain germs it has encountered before
- 8. Small tissues found along the lymphatic vessels, acts as a filter
- 9. Something the body doesn’t recognize as its own
- 12. Eating cells
- 13. The study of the immune system
- 16. Stop germs from entering the body through the mouth or nose
