Across
- 1. An overly sensitive immune response to common antigens.
- 4. Form and mature in the bone marrow and secrete antibodies into the blood.
- 8. Your body produces Antibodies in response to an antigen.
- 9. Form in the bone marrow and mature in the thymus gland. Produce a protein antibody that becomes part of a cell membrane.
- 10. A disease in which cells reproduce uncontrollably without the usual signals to stop.
- 12. Disease causing agents such as bacteria and viruses.
- 14. The introduction of antibodies that were produced outside of the body.
- 15. A disease carrying organism that doesn't develop the disease.
- 16. A disease that can be passed from one person to another.
- 17. Medicines that stop the growth and reproduction of bacteria.
Down
- 1. Proteins that attach to an antigen and render it useless.
- 2. A weakened or dead pathogen placed in the body usually by injection or by mouth.
- 3. A process that causes the area to become red and swollen
- 5. Medicines that kill the cells that reproduce uncontrollably.
- 6. The resistance to certain pathogens.
- 7. A substance that causes an immune response.
- 11. A disease that cannot pass from one person to another.
- 13. The process in which a food is heated to a certain temperature that kills most harmful bacteria.