immune vocab

True/False: Your body cannot make antibodies for pathogens that you have never been in contact with.

• True, because your body needs to encounter the pathogen at least once in order to create the antibodies.

• False, because you can make antibodies via immunizations given by a doctor.

a "Y" shaped protein molecule that recognizes foreign substances and bonds with specific antigens.

• Antibodies

• Plasma B Cell

• Virus

• Antigen

Signals the production of antibodies; it is a marker on the surface of cells.

• Antibody

• Antigen

• Leukocyte

• Virus

Non-specific scavenger cell; engulfs foreign invaders and helps protect us from pathogens

• Macrophage

• Leukocyte

• Plasma B-Cell

• Antibody

Organisms or particles that have the potential to cause a disease.

• Pathogen

• T-Cell

• B-Cell

• Thymus

The process of "eating" or engulfing cells

• Phagocytosis

• Macrophage

• Septicemia

• Pathogen

The spleen....

• filters the blood.

• matures B-cells.

• Matures T-cells.

• Creates blood cells.

The lymphatic system

• Consists of blood vessels which rely on the circulatory system

• Is a collection of glands which produce hormones responsible for growth

• Is a system of the body enabling us to breathe

• Consists of lymphatic vessels connected to lymph nodes where lymph is filtered

Lymph nodes contain

• Nutrients

• White blood cells (including lymphocytes)

• Red blood cells

• Antibodies

Which of the following is responsible for making an antibody?

• B Lymphocyte

• T Lymphocyte

• Macrophage

• Pathogen