Immune System review

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Across
  1. 4. b cells and t cells
  2. 8. an abnormally high body temperature
  3. 9. most important structure in the first line of immune defense
  4. 10. this type of defense is used against the bodies “own” cells that have been invaded by pathogens
  5. 11. a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific signs or symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical injury
  6. 13. proteins that recognize and bind to a specific antigen. They destroy antigens.
  7. 14. a medicine (such as penicillin) that inhibits the growth of and destroys microorganisms (like bacteria)
  8. 16. the cell of the immune system that is involved in protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.
  9. 17. the type of response that is triggered by an antigen
  10. 18. a localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a reaction to injury or infection.
  11. 20. an injection of a weakened form of a pathogen to produce immunity (antibodies)
Down
  1. 1. the immune response against antigens in body fluids
  2. 2. a virus, bacteria, or any type of pathogen
  3. 3. antibody and antigens have ____________shapes
  4. 5. one of the things that can weaken your immune system
  5. 6. When antibodies produced by other animals are injected into the bloodstream.
  6. 7. destroy the pathogen
  7. 12. the body makes its own antibodies
  8. 15. t cells that stay in the body to remember the pathogen
  9. 19. one of the 4 types of pathogens