Immune System Flashcard

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Any organism that causes disease like a virus or bacteria is called:

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Pathogen

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Part of the body's defense against pathogens, in which fluid and white blood cells leak from blood vessels into tissues and destroy pathogens by breaking them down?

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Inflammatory response

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A white blood cell that destroys pathogens by engulfing them and breaking them down is called:

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Phagocyte

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Part of the body's defense against pathogens in which cells of the immune system react to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted specifically at that pathogen is called:

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Immune Response

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A lymphocyte that identifies pathogens and distinguishes one from another:

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T-cell

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A molecule that the immune system recognizes either as part of the body or as coming from outside the body.

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Antigen

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A protein produced by the immune system that destroys pathogens is called:

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Antibodies

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The body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease is called:

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Immunity

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The process by which harmless antigens are introduced into a person's body to produce active immunity is called:

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Vaccination

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A chemical that kills bacteria or slows their growth is called:

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Antibiotics