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- Antibiotic
- bodies defense against infection
- milk-maids
- contracted a mild form of cow pox which made them immune to small pox.
- Viruses
- Have no cell structure; are simpler than cells; are basically contained of hereditary materials (DNA/RNA); protein coats
- Toxin
- attaches nerve endings to muscles
- MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphlococcus Aureus)
- Bacteria that causes boils
- mast cells
- immune system cells found in the lining of airways that release histamine causing the airways to contract.
- sexual reproduction
- two parents give rise to offspring that have unique combos of genes inherited from the parents
- Pathogen
- micoorganisms that cause disease
- small pox
- killer disease in the 18th century.
- antibodies
- protein that is produced by lymphocytes and attaches to a specific antigen.
- Bacteria
- single celled organism
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Virus that attacks and destroys the immune system.
- Vaccine
- A cure that stimulates the immune system against a particular disease
- Anti-gens
- fragments of protein or carbohydrates molecules
- United Kingdom
- where disease have been eradicated
- Vaccinations
- prepares the body to fight diseases
- Immune Memory
- Allows your body to create an immunity to a disease
- asexual reproduction
- reproduction without the fusion of gametes
- Passive immunization
- transfer of protective antibody from an immune to a susceptible individual providing protection from disease for a period of time defined by the duration of antibody persistence
- Swollen Glands
- mounting an immune system response
- Lymphocytes
- makes anti-bodies to destroy foreign pathogens
- Fungi
- kills bacteria responsible for infection
- septicaemia
- bacteria that infects the blood
- host cell
- living cell in which a virus can can actively multiply or in which a virus can hide until activated by environmental stimuli
- Tetanus
- caused by a bacterium that lives in the soil and enters the body through wounds or cuts.
- Macrophages
- eats the foreign pathogens
- Cilia
- Thin hair-like projection from the cell
- Acquired Immunity
- when a pathogen invades white blood cells
- protozoa
- single cell animals: plantlike, animal
- binary fission
- form of asexual reproduction that produces identical offspring
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Disease where a persons immune system is destroyed by the HIV virus.
- Asthma
- breathing problem caused by brochial lining