3.5

Question 1

anaphylactic response

Answer 1

severe allergic reaction that can occur when the body comes into contact too often with a substance that someone is allergic to.

Question 2

exogenous substance/foreign substance

Answer 2

substance that doesn’t belong in your body.

Question 3

artificial immunity

Answer 3

immunity because the person has been inoculated with a vaccine.

Question 4

antigen

Answer 4

protein on the outside of a cell or a virus.

Question 5

infection

Answer 5

penetration of pathogens into the body.

Question 6

antibody

Answer 6

protein that makes pathogens harmless.

Question 7

allergic reaction

Answer 7

response of the immune system to a substance that someone is hypersensitive to.

Question 8

vaccination

Answer 8

inoculation by injecting a vaccine into you.

Question 9

natural immunity

Answer 9

immunity because the person has had the illness.

Question 10

immune

Answer 10

not getting sick because white blood cells are able to make antibodies almost immediately for a pathogen you have previously been infected with.

Question 11

immune system

Answer 11

system inside the body that fights off pathogens.

Question 12

vaccine

Answer 12

substance that contains a dead or attuenuated (weakened) pathogen.

Question 13

vaccination coverage

Answer 13

the percentage of people who have to be vaccinated if the population as a whole is to be protected against a disease.

Question 14

allergy

Answer 14

hypersensitivity to particular substances.