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The Immune System
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- Immunity
- The condition in which an organism can resist disease
- Antigens
- Any substance that stimulates an immune response in the body (plural)
- Antibodies
- Any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to (plural)
- B Cells
- A lymphocyte derived from bone marrow that provides humoral immunity (plural)
- Allergy
- Hypersensitivity reaction to a particular ___
- Tonsils
- Either of two masses of lymphatic tissue one on each side of the oral pharynx (plural)
- Nose
- The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract
- Mouth
- The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
- Spleen
- A large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm
- AIDS
- The abbreviation for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, an advanced stage of HIV infection.
- HIV
- The virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome
- Bacteria
- Tiny single-celled living things, some of which cause illness
- Pathogen
- Any disease-producing agent
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