LS Ch 17 Vocab

______________ disease in which cells

reproduce uncontrollably

• Osteoporosis

• Aids

• Cancer

• Infectious disease

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

________________ not directly

caused by a pathogen; not

transmitted from person to person

• Active Immunity

• Infectious disease

• noninfectious disease

• Cancer

____________ process in which a

food is heated to a temperature

that kills most harmful bacteria

• pasteurization

• Pathogen

• vector

• Vitamin

________________disease-causing agent

such as a bacterium or a virus

• pathogen

• vector

• vitamin

• allergy

______________ nutrient needed for growth,

regulation of body functions, and

prevention of some diseases

• antigen

• B cell

• vector

• vitamin

________________ occurs when your

body produces antibodies in

response to an antigen

• active immunity

• allergy

• immunity

• vitamin

___________ overly sensitive immune

response to common antigens

• vitamin

• occur

• immunity

• allergy

_______________protein that can attach to

an antigen and make it inactive

• allergy

• antibody

• immunity

• B cell

____________ substance that causes an

immune response

• occur

• antibody

• antigen

• inflammation

_____________ resistance to a specific

pathogen

• vaccination

• T cell

• passive immunity

• immunity