Immunology Vocabulary
1. bacteria: A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease.
2. tuberculosis: An infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, esp. the lungs.
3. immunology: The branch of medicine and biology concerned with immunity.
4. immunization: The act of making immune
5. macrophage: A large phagocytic cell found in stationary form in the tissues or as a mobile white blood cell, esp. at sites of infection.
6. phagocytosis: The ingestion of bacteria or other material by phagocytes and aneboid protozoans.
7. lymphocytes: A form of small leukocyte (white blood cell) with a single round nucleus, occurring esp. in the lymphatic system.
8. T cells: A lymphocyte of a type produced or processed by the thymus gland and actively participating in the immune response.
9. B cells: A lymphocyte not processed by the thymus gland, and responsible for producing antibodies.
10. antibiotic: A medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
11. pathogens: A bacterium virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
12. antibodies: A blood protein produced in response to and countering a specific antigen. They combine chemically with substances that the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood.
13. polio: A viral disease caused by any of three polio viruses that affect the brain stem and spinal cord, resulting in amotor paralysis.
14. virus: A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
15. antigen: A toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, esp. the production of antibodies.
16. pandemic: An outbreak of a pandemic disease.
17. influenza: A highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh, and often occurring in epidemics.
18. prions: A small petrel of southern seas, having a wide bill fringed with comblike plates for feeding on planktonic crustaceans.
2. tuberculosis: An infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, esp. the lungs.
3. immunology: The branch of medicine and biology concerned with immunity.
4. immunization: The act of making immune
5. macrophage: A large phagocytic cell found in stationary form in the tissues or as a mobile white blood cell, esp. at sites of infection.
6. phagocytosis: The ingestion of bacteria or other material by phagocytes and aneboid protozoans.
7. lymphocytes: A form of small leukocyte (white blood cell) with a single round nucleus, occurring esp. in the lymphatic system.
8. T cells: A lymphocyte of a type produced or processed by the thymus gland and actively participating in the immune response.
9. B cells: A lymphocyte not processed by the thymus gland, and responsible for producing antibodies.
10. antibiotic: A medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
11. pathogens: A bacterium virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
12. antibodies: A blood protein produced in response to and countering a specific antigen. They combine chemically with substances that the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood.
13. polio: A viral disease caused by any of three polio viruses that affect the brain stem and spinal cord, resulting in amotor paralysis.
14. virus: A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
15. antigen: A toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, esp. the production of antibodies.
16. pandemic: An outbreak of a pandemic disease.
17. influenza: A highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory passages causing fever, severe aching, and catarrh, and often occurring in epidemics.
18. prions: A small petrel of southern seas, having a wide bill fringed with comblike plates for feeding on planktonic crustaceans.
Immunology Questions
1. Tuberculosis is a disease affecting?
The lungs.
2. What do macrophages attack?
Foreign substances.
3. Streptomycin is an antibiotic that works against what disease?
Tuberculosis.
4. Who was Robert Koch?
Robert Koch is the founder of modern bacteriology.
5. What is immunization and how does immunization work?
Immunization is the process of becoming immune or to fight against a disease. It works by having your body injected with a weak sample of the disease which will help your body recognize the disease and when you get it, your body will be able to fight it.
6. How do T-cells and B-cells help the immune system remember pathogens?
T-cells and B-cells help remember pathogen because when the T-cells gather enough information, it sends it to the B-cells, which form a plasma cell, then creates antibodies which kills the bacteria causing the disease.
7. What is the difference between bacteria and viruses?
Bacteria reproduces itself and viruses reproduce using cells.
8. Polio and influenza are cause by?
Viruses.
9. How do antibiotics fight disease?
Antibiotics fight diseases by killing them.
10. Why are antibiotics NOT effective against viruses?
Antibiotics are not efficient against viruses because viruses are not a living cell it's just DNA or RNA, so since antibiotics attacks living organisms it dose not see the virus as a danger so it doesn't attack it.
11. Discuss why the developpment of sanitation methods has been effective in fighting diseases.
The development of sanitation methods has been effective in fighting disease by preventing them from spreading even more.
The lungs.
2. What do macrophages attack?
Foreign substances.
3. Streptomycin is an antibiotic that works against what disease?
Tuberculosis.
4. Who was Robert Koch?
Robert Koch is the founder of modern bacteriology.
5. What is immunization and how does immunization work?
Immunization is the process of becoming immune or to fight against a disease. It works by having your body injected with a weak sample of the disease which will help your body recognize the disease and when you get it, your body will be able to fight it.
6. How do T-cells and B-cells help the immune system remember pathogens?
T-cells and B-cells help remember pathogen because when the T-cells gather enough information, it sends it to the B-cells, which form a plasma cell, then creates antibodies which kills the bacteria causing the disease.
7. What is the difference between bacteria and viruses?
Bacteria reproduces itself and viruses reproduce using cells.
8. Polio and influenza are cause by?
Viruses.
9. How do antibiotics fight disease?
Antibiotics fight diseases by killing them.
10. Why are antibiotics NOT effective against viruses?
Antibiotics are not efficient against viruses because viruses are not a living cell it's just DNA or RNA, so since antibiotics attacks living organisms it dose not see the virus as a danger so it doesn't attack it.
11. Discuss why the developpment of sanitation methods has been effective in fighting diseases.
The development of sanitation methods has been effective in fighting disease by preventing them from spreading even more.