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Topic 6.3 Defense Against Infectious Disease

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Horizontales
A blockage of the flow of blood to the heart, caused by a blood clot in a coronary artery (two words)
The series of chemical processes that occur in the body and that lead to the formation of a clot
A disorder of structure or function
A protein molecule produced in response to a specific type of pathogen
A slimy substance, typically not miscible with water, secreted by mucous membranes and glands for lubrication protection, etc.
The ability of bacteria or other microbes to resist the effects of an antibiotic (two words)
The capacity of one variable to influence another
An antibiotic or group of antibiotics produced naturally by certain blue molds
A toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies
A long-lived lymphocyte capable of responding to a particular antigen on its reintroduction, long after the exposure that prompted its production (two words)
A disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy
Verticales
A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things
A set up of defenses against all invaders (two words)
Any of a group of RNA viruses which insert a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell in order to replicate
An oily secretion of the sebaceous glands
A buildup of plaque in your arteries
A soluble protein present in blood plasma, from which fibrin is produced by the action of the enzyme thrombin
A type of cell within the body capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small cells and particles
A succession of stages
An enzyme in blood plasma which causes the clotting of blood by converting fibrinogen to fibrin
An enzyme that catalyzes the destruction of the cell walls of certain bacteria, occurring notably in tears and egg white
Any living organism or virus that is capable of causing a disease
The virus that eventually results in a collection of symptoms called AIDS
A small, colorless, disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus - found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting
An insoluble protein formed from fibrinogen during the clotting of blood