Immune System Crossword

4. a response to environmental antigens.
10. a substance that can kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms.
11. type of lymphocyte cell that activates antibody secretion in B cells.
12. a protein secreted by virus-infected cells
14. diseases that are continually are found in small amounts within the population. (ex. common cold)
19. a type of white blood cell that is produced in red blood marrow.
21. enhance phagocytosis by helping the phagocytic cells bind better to pathogens and activating the phagocytes.
24. disease results from an error in a biochemical pathway.
25. disease are the result of a part of the body wearing out.
26. agents that cause of infections disease
27. ingest bacteria and remove dead neutrophils.
29. located in all lymphatic tissues and can be thought of as antibody factories.

1. rules for demonstrating that an organism causes a disease
2. wide-spread disease throughout a large region, such as a country, continent, or entire globe.
3. destroy pathogens and release chemicals called cytokines.
4. severe allergic reaction causing a massive release of histamine
5. bacterium, affects skeletal and nervous system, spread through a vector.
6. virus, affects the respiratory system, spread through droplets/direct contact
7. disease that occurs in a large outbreak in an area and afflict many people
8. protozoan, affects blood and liver, spread through a vector.
9. a disease that is caused by a pathogen passed from one organism to another, disrupting homeostasis.
13. proteins produced by B lymphocytes that specifically react with a foreign antigen.
15. a source of the pathogen in the environment.
16. immunization against chicken pox that contains inactivated virus.
17. long-living cells that are exposed to the antigen during the primary immune response.
18. the deliberate exposure of the body to an antigen do that primary response and immune memory cells will develop.
20. immunization for measles. mumps, and rubella
22. bacterium, affects the respiratory system, spread through droplets
23. virus, affects the nervous system, spread through animal bite
26. allergic reaction to this allergen can result in anaphylaxis. responsible for more fatalities than any other allergen.
28. immunization for hepatitis B