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Chapters 17 Vocabulary Crossword

Across
a weakened solution of virus components, viruses, or other agents that produce an immune response
an antibody that incorrectly marks “self” components as foreign and stimulates the immune response
an acquired ability to prevent an unnecessary or harmful immune response to a detected foreign body known not to cause disease
a protein molecule with attached carbohydrate molecules
a type of white blood cell that circulates in the blood and lymph and differentiates into a macrophage after it moves into infected tissue
a macromolecule that reacts with cells of the immune system and which may or may not have a stimulatory effect
a specific immune response that occurs after exposure to an antigen either from a pathogen or a vaccination
a spectrum of inappropriate immune responses toward harmless foreign particles or self-antigens; occurs after tissue sensitization and includes immediate-type (allergy), delayed-type, and autoimmunity
a lymphocyte that matures in the thymus gland
a lymphocyte that has differentiated, such as a B cell, plasma cell, or cytotoxic T cell
a cytokine that inhibits viral replication
an individual virus particle outside a host cell
a protein that is produced by plasma cells after stimulation by an antigen; also known as an immunoglobulin
Down
the watery fluid present in the lymphatic circulatory system that bathes tissues and organs with protective white blood cells and does not contain erythrocytes
the cell death caused by induction of a cell’s own internal mechanisms either as a natural step in the development of a multicellular organism or by other environmental factors such as signals from cells of the immune system
a chemical messenger that regulates cell differentiation, proliferation, and gene expression to effect immune responses
an immunity that occurs naturally because of genetic factors or physiology, and is not caused by infection or vaccination
a failure, insufficiency, or delay at any level of the immune system, which may be acquired or inherited
an immunity that does not result from the activity of the body’s own immune cells but by transfer of antibodies from one individual to another
an immune cell that processes antigen material and presents it on the surface of its cell in MHC class II molecules and induces an immune response in other cells
a type of hypersensitivity to self-antigens
a phagocytic leukocyte that engulfs and digests pathogens
an array of approximately 20 soluble proteins of the innate immune system that enhance phagocytosis, bore holes in pathogens, and recruit lymphocytes
causing cell damage
the weakening of a virus during vaccine development
a lymphocyte that matures in the bone marrow
an immune reaction that results from immediate hypersensitivities in which an antibody-mediated immune response occurs within minutes of exposure to a harmless antigen
the protein coating of the viral core