Across
- 3. an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.
- 4. a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles.
- 9. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease.
- 10. a mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it
- 11. a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies.
- 12. happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them
- 13. your specific immune system
- 17. The innate immune system
- 18. someone is infected with the disease
- 20. nonspecific resistance that destroys invaders in a generalized way without targeting specific individuals
Down
- 1. A type of immunity that occurs when a person is given antibodies rather than making them through his or her own immune system
- 2. A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies
- 5. treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity to a particular infectious disease or pathogen.
- 6. develop from stem cells in the bone marrow and become different types of white blood cells
- 7. one of the two cycles of viral reproduction
- 8. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune system cells
- 14. A complex network of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they make that helps the body fight infections and other diseases
- 15. part of the body's immune system
- 16. a medicine taken or given to counteract a particular poison.
- 19. A type of white blood cell
