Immune System Disease
Immune System
Immunity
Immune Responses
100

A condition in which the immune system makes an inflammatory response to a harmless antigen

What are allergies?

100

The general term for disease-causing agents such as bacteria and viruses.

What are pathogens?

100
An example of this occurs when a baby receives antibodies through the mother’s blood.
What is passive immunity?
100

Which term refers to the state of being resistant to a specific disease?

immune/immunity

200
Any antigen that causes an immune response, can be inhaled, ingested, or come into contact with skin
What is an allergen?
200

Which group of pathogens are ONE-celled microscopic organisms?

Bacteria

200

Which type of immunity develops from having had a contagious disease?

What is active immunity?

200

General type of cells that fight disease & infection.

What are leukocytes?

300
When the immune system fails to recognize the body’s own molecules as “self,” or belonging to the person. Instead, it attacks body cells as though they were dangerous pathogens.
What is an autoimmune disease?
300

A pathogen that the body recognizes as foreign is called,

an antigen

300
Drugs used to help the immune system fight bacterial disease/infection by interfering with the cell wall.
What are antibiotics?
300

White Blood Cells that recognize and destroy specific pathogens in body fluids and cells

What are lymphocytes

400
Occurs when the immune system is not functioning at its highest level. The body is unable to fight off infections properly
What is immunodeficiency?
400

Which forms chains of sphere shaped bacteria?

Streptococci

400

The movement of immune cells, such as neutrophils or macrophages, towards chemoattractants released at sites of infection or injury

What is chemotaxis?

400

Which term describes a group of proteins that combine with antibodies to dissolve pathogens?

Complement System

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