Assignment 1
Across Down
4. plays a supporting role of
storing platelets for
emergencies
5. a type of tissue death as a
result of a serious
bacterial infection or
lack of blood flow
8. initiates immune
responses to specific
antigens encountered
along all mucosal
surfaces
9. you avoid this when you
wash your hands
frequently
10. have no nucleus and are
involved in hemostasis
1. this occurs when chemicals released in the bloodstream
to fight an infection trigger inflammation throughout
the body and can cause a cascade of changes that
damage multiple organ systems, leading them to fail,
sometimes even resulting in death.
2. There are 100 people. 80 of them are immune to a
particular infection. The remaining 20 are prone to the
infection, but are not likely to get it...what is this
called?
3. an acute allergic reaction to an antigen (e.g. a bee sting)
to which the body has become hypersensitive. It is an
over-reaction of the immune system
6. the process by which leukocytes capture and destroy
potential pathogens including bacteria and protists
7. A hybrid cell used as the basis for the production of
antibodies in large amounts for diagnostic or
therapeutic use