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The system that protects our bodies from germs like bacteria or infection.
What is the immune system?
What cell comes next and sees the Antigen?
The T cell
A type of lymphocyte that finds unhealthy cells and destroys them.
What are T Cells?
What is the viruses main goal?
To take over the body
You should get plenty of this at night to help keep your immune system healthy.
What is sleep?
Name of the external barriers in the innate/nonspecific defenses?
Skin & mucous membranes
A type of white blood cell that move around in the blood looking for germs that should not be there.
What are neutrophils?
A type of lymphocyte that produces antibodies that help fight germs.
What are B Cells?
A weak virus that is injected into the body for the immune system to fight against.
What is a vaccine?
You should eat this kind of food to help keep your immune system healthy.
What is healthy foods?
The watery liquid in the mouth secreted by glands.
What is saliva?
The biggest type of white blood cell that moves through the body helping to keep it clean during the healing process.
What are macrophages?
These cells remember the germs so that when they enter the body again, they are ready to fight them off.
What are memory cells?
What are allergies?
You should move this a lot to also help keep your immune system healthy
What is your body?
This traps germs in the nose and ears.
What is mucus?
The type of white blood cells that attack infection
What are lymphocytes?
The body system that helps the lymphocytes get to where they need to go.
What is the Lymph System?
These blood cells are protectors and help kill germs and viruses.
What are white blood cells?
These are produced when you get a vaccine so that they can attack a real virus when it enters the body.
What are antibodies?
What are white blood cells?
This flushes germs from the eyes
What are Tears?
The largest organ in the immune system.
What is skin?
What is stress?
What happens when the immune system attacks a harmless substance or chemical, it can lead to what?
An allergic reaction