Microbiology and Immune System Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• genetic immunity : inborn ingerited or species immunity
• titer : level of antibodies in the blood
• inflammation : classic symptoms are redness heat swelling pain
• phagocytes : describes the wbcs particularly neutrophils and monocytes
• fever : treated with an antipyretic drug
• antigen : a foreign substance that provokes immune response
• lymphocytes : t and b cells
• immunotolerance : recognition of self
• autoimmune disease : attack against self
• macrophage : cell responsible for antigen presentation
• thymus gland : site where t cells mature and differentiate
• bone marrow : site where b cells mature and differentiate
• parasites : organisms that require a living host in which to survive
• disease : failure of the body to function normally
• pathogen : disease causing organisms
• infection : disease caused by pathogen or its toxins
• vector : an object that transfers a pathogen from one to another
• nosocomial : hospital acquired infection
• zoonosis : an animal disease transmissible to humans
• bacteria : coccus bacillus curved rod
• virus : acts as a parasite to the infected cell
• fungi : mycotic infections
• protozoa : single cell animal like microbes