Across
- 5. increase in core body temperature over an extended time
- 8. microscopic infectious agent made of genetic material and proteins
- 9. protein that can identify and fight a specific pathogen
- 12. painful redness or swelling of part of the body
- 14. type of disease that is not caused by a pathogen
- 16. microscopic organism or agent that causes disease
- 19. hairs on cells that line the airways
- 20. white blood cell that engulfs and destroys pathogens
- 22. line/ “____ ____ of defence” :General responses to pathogens inside the body
- 24. body system that prevents and fights disease
- 25. /A type of barrier that kills pathogens before they can enter the body
Down
- 1. line/ “____ ____ of defence” : Barriers that prevent pathogens from entering the body
- 2. invasion of the body by pathogens that then multiply
- 3. type of blood cell in blood that fights infections
- 4. A type of disease that cannot spread from person to person
- 6. sticky liquid that lines the nose, throat, lungs and intestines
- 7. substance that boosts the body's immunity to a specific pathogen
- 10. simple, single-celled microbe without a nucleus
- 11. line / “____ ____ of defence” :Responses to specific pathogens inside the body that build immunity
- 13. A type of disease that is caused by a pathogen
- 15. type of barrier that blocks or traps pathogens before they can enter the body
- 17. medical condition with specific symptoms
- 18. organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye
- 21. A type of disease that can spread from person to person by a pathogen
- 23. organism with complex cells that feeds off a living host