9th Grade Immune System

Diabetes

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

Arthritis

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

Gout

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

High Blood Pressure

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

Pathogen

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

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

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

Hemophilia

________ is when blood doesn't clot.

Stroke

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

Gallstones

________ is deposits of hardened cholesterol in the gallbladder.

viruses

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

Vaccines

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

Tendinitis

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

Leukemia

________ is cancer of bone marrow.

Phagocytes

________ engulf and destroy invaders.

Anemia

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

Antibodies

________ are proteins produced in response to a specific antigen.

Antigens

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

Active immunity

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

Sickle cell anemia

________ creates crescent shaped red blood cells.

Coronary thrombosis

________ is the blockage of coronary artery.