Immune System Vocab

Pathogen

• All viruses.

• Any organism that causes disease.

• Any bacteria that enters the body.

• Anything that enters the body.

Immunodeficiency

• When the body has more antigens in it.

• Increased ability of the body to fight infections and other diseases.

• When the body has more antibodies in it.

• Decreased ability of the body to fight infections and other diseases.

Engulf

• To shoot antigens at.

• To swallow up.

• To play gulf.

• To shoot antibodies at.

T-Cell

• Produces antigents

• Helps recognize B-Cells.

• Helps recognize diverse antigens.

• Engulfs foreign antigens.

B-Cells

• A type of white blood cell that makes antibodies.

• Cells that produce antigens when foreign invaders attack.

• A type of white blood cell that makes T-Cells.

• A type of white blood cell engulfs pathogens.

Antigen

• Proteins that are displayed only on pathgens.

• Proteins that are displayed on foreign invaders in the body.

• Proteins that are displayed on your own body cells.

• Proteins that are displayed on viruses.

antibody

• Y shaped antigens.

• Bad things in your body : "anti" body.

• A protein that is made that makes antigens work.

• A protein that is made that neutralizes antigens.

Antibiotic

• The opposite of an antigen.

• A medicine given that fights off all diseases except viruses.

• A protein that is made that neutralizes antigens.

• A medicine given that only fights off bacteria.

What does a mutation in the DNA cause?

• Chicken Pox

• HIV

• Polio

• Cancer

HIV damages your immune system by

• Causing cancer.

• Attacking T-Cells

• Attacking B-Cells

• Increasing antibody production.