Immune System Review

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

• Antibiotics

• Antibody

• Pathogen

• Phagocyte

Part of the body's defense against pathogens in which cells of the immune system react to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted specifically at that pathogen is called:

• Protective Barrier

• Inflammatory Response

• Immune Response

• Stomach acid

A molecule that the immune system recognizes either as part of the body or as coming from outside the body:

• Antigen

• Antibodies

• Antibiotics

• Antipaths

A protein produced by B cells of the immune system that destroys pathogens is called:

• Antigens

• Antibodies

• T-cells

• Lymphocytes

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The body's ability to destroy pathogens before they can cause disease is called:

• Tolerance

• Immunity

• Vaccine

• Inflammatory response

Which of the following is a way to spread infectious diseases?

• Touching contaminated objects

• Not washing hands regularly

• Being near infected people

• All of these are ways

The diagram shows a pathogen, what is the arrow pointing to on the surface of the pathogen?

• a molecule called an antigen

• a molecule called an antibody

Which of the following statements is NOT true about antigens?

• They cause the production of antibodies

• They bind to antibodies

• They are found on the surface of pathogens

• They are the same for every pathogen

These large green structure with the antigen on its surface is a (an)

• antibody

• pathogen

• enzyme

• hormone

Match the following terms that mean the same things.

• chemical marker

• antigen

• Y-shaped protein

• engulf

• foreign invader

• antibody

• eat

• pathogen

• medicine

• antibiotic