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- 2. A type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow and found in the blood and lymph tissue
- 3. when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system
- 5. is a type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system. There are two main types B cells and T cells
- 9. involves the production of two types of lymphocytes B and T cells which are specific to the invading particle
- 10. A complex network of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they make that helps the body fight infections and other diseases
- 11. happens when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them
- 15. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease
- 16. called B lymphocyte
- 17. A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells. It can also boost immune responses
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- 1. is nonspecific resistance that destroys invaders in a generalized way without targeting specific individuals
- 4. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune system cells
- 6. help protect the body from infection and may help fight cancer. Also called T lymphocyte and thymocyte.
- 7. is a mean by which the body is given immunity to a disease by intentional exposure to small quantities of it
- 8. physical and chemical barriers that are always ready and prepared to defend the body from infection
- 12. treatment with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease; inoculation
- 13. is the antibody protection your body creates against a germ once you've been infected with it
- 14. A protein made by plasma cells (a type of white blood cell) in response to an antigen