Immune System
These white blood cells “eat” harmful substances.
What are phagocytes?
These blood cells carry oxygen using hemoglobin.
What are red blood cells (erythrocytes)?
This blood disorder results in low oxygen due to too few RBCs or hemoglobin.
What is anemia?
The skin, mucus, and stomach acid are examples of these.
What are barrier defenses?
This organ filters blood and helps fight infection.
What is the spleen?
These cells produce antibodies to fight invaders.
What are B cells (B Lymphocytes)?
These blood fragments help your blood clot.
What are platelets (thrombocytes)?
This genetic disorder causes blood to not clot properly.
What is hemophilia?
This immune response brings redness, swelling, heat, and pain.
What is inflammation?
This organ trains T cells, especially in children.
What is the thymus?
These cells attack infected cells directly.
What are T cells?
These are the three formed elements of blood.
What are red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets?
This disease is caused by cancer of white blood cells.
What is leukemia?
These substances cause allergies even though they’re harmless.
What are allergens?
These small structures filter lymph fluid and trap pathogens.
What are lymph nodes?
These special cells “remember” infections for faster response next time.
What are memory cells?
The clear part of blood that carries proteins, nutrients, and waste.
What is plasma?
These diseases occur when the immune system attacks the body’s own cells.
What are autoimmune disorders?
This term describes proteins that attack foreign antigens.
What are antibodies?
This system removes excess fluid and supports immune defense.
What is the lymphatic system?
This type of T cell activates other immune cells to start reactions.
What is a helper T cell?
These proteins in plasma help with clotting and defense.
What are plasma proteins?
Name three autoimmune disorders.
What are MS, lupus, and rheumatoid arthritis (or others like Graves’, type 1 diabetes, etc.)?
A weakened or inactive pathogen that triggers an immune response.
What is a vaccine (vaccination)?
This organ helps detoxify waste and its failure can cause jaundice.
What is the liver?