| Term | Definition |
|---|
| skin, breathing passages, and mouth and stomach | body's 1st line of defense |
| inflammatory response, inflammation, and fevers | body's 2nd line of defense |
| white blood cells | disease fighters |
| phagocyte | a white blood cell that engulfs pathogens and destroys them by breathing them down |
| inflammatory response | when chemicals are triggered from the body's cells |
| skin | produces oil, sweat, and scabs |
| breathing passages | mucus and cilia trap and remove pathogens that enter the respiratory system |
| mouth and stomach | saliva in this contains destructive chemicals and this produces acid |
| inflammation | blood vessels enlarge and leak out liquid which causes red swollen areas |
| fever | helps the body fight infection; some pathogens do not grow and reproduce well at higher temperatures |
| immune response | 3rd line of defense |
| lymphocytes | T and B cells |
| T cells | indentify pathogens and gets B cells to produce antibodies |
| B cells | produce proteins called antibodies |
| antigens | molecules |
| aids | disease caused by the virus HIV that attacks the immune system directly and destroys T cells |
| HIV | virus that causes aids |
Combine with other sets
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