Lymphatic/Immune System

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Across
  1. 2. Infectious agent that causes disease
  2. 3. White blood cell
  3. 7. Type of immunity that is inherited and permanent, simply destroying non-self molecules
  4. 8. Infection caused by HIV; kills helper T cells and destroys lymph nodes
  5. 9. Filters placed along system that help destroy pathogens
  6. 10. Response to injury that isolates the infected site
  7. 14. Soft organ important in small children to fight off infection
  8. 15. White blood cells that destroy pathogens and release chemicals that activate inflammation
  9. 17. Type of immunity that remembers previous encounters and improves with age
  10. 18. Immune system response deliberatly raising body temperature
  11. 19. Anything that prevents invaders from getting inside, chemical and physical
Down
  1. 1. White blood cell that ingests antigens, signaling macrophages; make up 50-70% of white blood cells
  2. 3. Cancer of the bone marrow, overproduction of white blood cells
  3. 4. Cells responsible for making and releasing antibodies
  4. 5. Chronic disease that destroys a patient's joints; women more susceptible
  5. 6. Proteins that bind together antigens leading to their destruction
  6. 11. White blood cell found in lymph nodes; 25-35% of all white blood cells
  7. 12. Type of immunity that an individual gets through vaccinations
  8. 13. Fluid in lymphatic system that collects unwanted materials and disposes them
  9. 16. Molecules on surface of cells that distinguish if cells is good or bad, identity codes