Immune System

What is a function of the IMMUNE system?

• To transport materials like oxygen to our cells

• To break down food and absorb the nutrients

• To fight off diseases with white blood cells

• To control the body using the brain

Which is NOT a part of the immune system?

• Spleen

• Tonsils

• Lymph nodes

• Liver

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?

• Protective barrier

• Inflammatory response

• Immune response

• Stomach acid

A lymphocyte that identifies pathogens and distinguishes one from another:

• T-cell

• B-cell

• A-cell

• Z-cell

Immunity in which antibodies are given to a person rather than produced within the person's own body like with a baby and mother.

• Passive Immunity

• Active Immunity

• Vaccination

• Inflammatory response

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

• Antibiotics

• Antibody

• Pathogen

• Phagocyte

A disease caused by a living thing in the body:

• Noninfectious

• Infectious

• Allergies

• Vaccination

What is the immune system’s first line of defense?

• Helper T cells

• Skin and mucous membranes

• Heart and lungs

What is the immune system’s second line of defense?

• Inflammatory Response

• Immune Response

• Bottom of feet

Which term best describes something that the body recognizes as non-self?

• Antibody

• White blood cell

• Antigen