9th Grade Immune System

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Biology

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Diabetes

________ is the inability to maintain proper blood sugar to failure of the pancrea.

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Arthritis

________ is when cartilage breaks down and skeletal joints deteriorate or fuse together.

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Gout

________ is a painful swelling of joints when amino acid builds up.

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High Blood Pressure

________ is caused by fatty buildup in arteries caused by stress, smoking, diet.

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Pathogen

________ are the infectious agent such as a bacteria or virus.

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AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

________ is when the immune system attacks parts of the body that are not harmful.

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Hemophilia

________ is when blood doesn't clot.

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Stroke

________ is when portion of the brain fails due to blocked blood supply.

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Gallstones

________ is deposits of hardened cholesterol in the gallbladder.

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viruses

Blood helps protect the body against invaders (________, bacteria, fungi, and parasites)

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Vaccines

________ use weakened or dead pathogens to stimulate the immune system, which causes the body to produce specific antibodies for the pathogen.

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Tendinitis

________ is the swelling of the tendon- bone junction caused by constant stress.

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Leukemia

________ is cancer of bone marrow.

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Phagocytes

________ engulf and destroy invaders.

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Anemia

________ is the reduced ability of blood to carry oxygen from lack of iron.

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Antibodies

________ are proteins produced in response to a specific antigen.

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Antigens

________ are chemical markers recognized by the immune system as a foreign invader (triggers a response from immune system)

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Active immunity

________ is when your body makes antibodies (ex: getting sick, vaccines)

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Sickle cell anemia

________ creates crescent shaped red blood cells.

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Coronary thrombosis

________ is the blockage of coronary artery.

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