Chapter 14 Section 2

Question 0

Phagocyte

Answer 0

A white blood cell that destroys pathogens by engulfing them and breaking them down

Question 1

Inflammatory response

Answer 1

Part of the body’s defense against pathogens,in which white blood cells from blood vessels into tissues; the white cells destroy pathogens by breaking them down

Question 2

Fever

Answer 2

An above normal body temperature that is part of the inflammatory response

Question 3

Immune response

Answer 3

Part of the body’s defense against pathogens in which cells of the immune system react to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted specifically at that pathogen

Question 4

Lymphocyte

Answer 4

A white blood cell that reacts to each kind of pathogen with a defense targeted to specifically at that pathogen

Question 5

T cell

Answer 5

A lymphocyte that identifies pathogens and distinguishes one pathogen from another

Question 6

Antigen

Answer 6

A molecule on a cell that the immune system can recognize either as part of the body or as coming from outside the body

Question 7

B cell

Answer 7

A lymphocyte that produces a chemical that helps destroy a specific kind of pathogen

Question 8

Antibody

Answer 8

A chemical produced by a B cell of the immune system that destroys a specific kind of pathogen

Question 9

Aids

Answer 9

A disease caused by a virus that attacks the immune system