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Bacteria, Viruses and Defenses

Horizontales
Overly sensitive immune response to common antigens
Process that causes the area to become red and swollen
Thick internal wall around its chromosome and part of the cytoplasm
Disease causing agents, such as bacteria and viruses
Bacterial cell division - makes two identical cells
Your body produces antibodies in response to an antigen
Disease caused by pathogens that can be transmitted from one person to another
1st line of defense
Medicines that stop the growth and reproduction of bacteria
Two bacteria of the same species attach to each other and combine their genetic material
Cells that form in the bone marrow and mature in the thymus gland; produce a protein antibody that becomes part of the cell membrane
Cells that form and mature in the bone marrow and secrete antibodies in the blood
Bacteria conversion of atmospheric nitrogen in compounds that are usable by living things
Process of heating food to a temperature that kills most harmful bacteria.
Verticales
Substance that causes an immune response
Organisms such as bacteria clean up environmental pollution
Proteins that can attach to the antigen and make it useless
2nd line of defense
Introduction to antibodies that were produced outside of the body (through mother is most common)
Weakened or dead pathogens placed in the body, usually by injection or by mouth
The resistance to specific pathogens
Strand of DNA or RNA surrounded by protein that can infect and replicate inside a host cell
A disease in which cells reproduce uncontrollably without the usual signals to stop
A disease-carrying organism that does not develop the disease