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- 4. _____ acquired immunity happens when exposure to a disease triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease.
- 5. _____ cells are the cells of the immune system that are protect the body against infectious diseases.
- 9. cells that protect the body by ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or dying cells.
- 10. _____ immunity is when the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it.
- 11. the _____ line of defense is a group of cells, tissues and organs that work together to protect the body.
- 12. the _____ line of defense includes physical and chemical barriers, like the skin, that are always ready and prepared to defend the body from infection.
- 13. the _____ line of defense is specific resistance.
- 14. the _____ system is a network of organs, cells and proteins that defends the body against infection.
- 15. a type of white blood cell that helps your immune system fight germs and protect you from disease.
- 17. a type of white blood cell that makes antibodies.
- 18. the protection your body creates against a germ once you've been infected with it.
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- 1. proteins produced by the immune system in response to infection.
- 2. a type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune system cells.
- 3. a type of immune cell that is made in the bone marrow and is found in the blood and in lymph tissue.
- 6. antibiotic _____ occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of medicines.
- 7. introducing a vaccine into the body to produce protection from a specific disease.
- 8. _____ acquired immunity happens when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through their own immune system.
- 16. immune _____ help the body fight infections and other diseases.
