Immune System

Antibiotics work against most

• Bacteria
• Bacteria & Viruses
• Vaccines
• Viruses

What is the main purpose of the immune system?

• support the body through bones and muscles
• get rid of waste from the body
• protect the body from pathogens
• move blood through the body

What type of microbe is used in a vaccine?

• it doesn't really matter
• a damaged one
• a weakened or inactivated one
• a normal one

What do antibodies attach to on the pathogen?

• Anti inflammatory
• Antigens
• Antiseptic
• Antibodies

Vaccines stimulate the body to produce...

• autoimmune diseases
• helper t-cells
• fever
• antibodies

Which disease is caused by a bacteria?

• Malaria
• The flu
• Strep Throat
• Athlete's foot

Ringworm is caused by which pathogen?

• Bacteria
• Virus
• Protist
• Fungi

Pathogens are recognized by their...

• antigens
• antibodies
• killer t-cells
• B-cells

 Like all other body systems, the immune system helps the body maintain homeostasis.  Which statement best describes how the immune system does this?  

• it protects other organs and tissues from infection and disease
• it breaks down food to provide cells with nutrients
• it gathers information through the senses and controls all other body systems
•  it transports oxygen and carbon dioxide

The picture below illustrates one internal part of the body’s immune system. What process is illustrated in the picture?  

• a skin cell destroying germs.
• inflammation near an opened wound
• a white blood cell destroying pathogens
• mucus in the lungs destroying pathogens