Immunity and Disease

4. protein that can attach to an antigen and make it inactive.
5. disease not directly caused by a pathogen; not transmitted from person to person.
6. disease caused by a pathogen; can be transmitted from one person to another.
9. process that causes a part of the body to become red and swollen
10. disease in which cells reproduce uncontrollably
12. substance that causes an immune response
13. occurs when your body produces antibodies in response to an antigen.
16. occurs as a result of the introduction of antibodies that were produced outside the body

1. nutrient needed for growth, regulation of body functions, and prevention of some diseases.
2. disease-causing agent such as a bacterium or a virus.
3. process in which a food is heated to a temperature that kills most harmful bacteria.
7. overly sensitive immune response to common antigens.
8. introduction of weakened or dead pathogens into the body
11. resistance to a specific pathogen
14. disease-carrying organism that does not develop the disease it is carrying.
15. forms and matures in the bone marrow; secretes antibodies into the blood