IMMUNITY QUIZ
Part II
Word Bank:
immunity
cancer
active immunity
allergy
immune response
passive immunity
vaccinations
antigens
autoimmune diseases
antibodies
pathogen
1. Defensive reaction of the body to foreign substances or organisms. The immune system also protects against some cancer cells which may arise in the body.
2. Foreign substances or organisms which stimulate the body to make antibodies
3. Specific plasma proteins which render harmless or destroy a specific antigen produced by certain white blood cells (ex. lymphocytes)
4. The accumulation of specific antibodies in the plasma of the blood enabling the individual to resist specific diseases
5. Protein found on the outer surface of an invading organism that the body identifies as “foreign”.
6. Results from gene mutations in cells which cause uncontrolled cell division
7. The individual either possesses or forms his or her own antibodies within his or her own body
8. Use weakened microbes or parts of microbes to stimulate the immune system to react (primary immune response). This reaction stimulates the body to fight subsequent invasions by the same microbes (secondary immune response).
9. A temporary form of immunity produced by the introduction of antibodies into an individual from another organism. This immunity is of short duration.
10. An extreme body reaction to certain foreign proteins (antigen-antibody reaction.)
11. The immune system attacks some of the body's own cells.
