Parts of the Immune System
An immune system cell that eat pathogens and other invaders
What are Macrophages?
A type of illness that can be transmitted from person to person
What is a communicable/infectious illness?
A virus that infects bacteria
What is a Bacteriophage?
Single-celled prokaryotic organisms
What is bacteria?
A protein made by B cells that binds to a specific antigen
What are Antibodies?
A type of illness that cannot be transmitted from person to person
What is a noncommunicable/non-infectious disease?
Place where viruses reproduce
What is a host cell?
The reproduction of bacteria
What is Binary Fission?
Cells in your immune system that remember how to make an antibody for a particular pathogen
What are Memory Cells?
A reaction to a foreign, but normally harmless substance
What are Allergies?
Genetic material of a virus
What is DNA or RNA?
The genetic material of bacteria
What is DNA?
Substances that stimulate an immune response
What are antigens?
A type of disease that lasts for more than a year, and requires ongoing medical attention
What is a Chronic Disease?
Protection against viruses
What is a Vaccine?
Defense against harmful bacteria
What are Antibiotics?
Names of the cell hat makes antibodies and the cell that coordinates the immune system and attacks infected cells
What are T-cells and B-cells?
A disease in which your immune system attacks you
What is an Autoimmune disease?
Parts of a virus
What is genetic material and protein?
A bacteria that causes damage in your body
What are Pathogens?