Across
- 3. a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease
- 5. A type of blood cell that is made in the bone marrow and found in the blood and lymph tissue
- 7. A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies
- 9. results when exposure to a disease organism triggers the immune system to produce antibodies to that disease
- 11. a condition of being able to resist a particular disease
- 13. A cell that is part of the immune system and helps the body fight infections and other diseases
- 14. when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them
- 16. Any substance that inhibits the growth and replication of a bacterium or kills it outright
- 17. a type of white blood cell in the immune system of most vertebrates
- 18. nonspecific resistance that destroys invaders in a generalized way without targeting specific individuals
- 19. a type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles
Down
- 1. when a person is given antibodies to a disease rather than producing them through his or her own immune system
- 2. specific resistance (immune response)
- 4. makes people immune to specific diseases by means other than waiting for them to catch the disease
- 6. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune system cells
- 8. the antibody protection your body creates against a germ once you've been infected with it
- 10. cell that is part of the immune system and develop from stem cells in the bone marrow
- 12. your innate immune system
- 15. A complex network of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they make that helps the body fight infections and other diseases