Lesson 12.2 Crossword
Across
1. | a system of 11 proteins that circulate in the blood plasma through the body and work together to destroy foreign substances; complements, or balances out, the specific and nonspecific defense systems of the body |
6. | proteins released by cells that have been infected with viruses; interfere with virus reproduction |
7. | the process by which a cell engulfs and destroys foreign matter and cellular debris |
8. | connective tissue cell with granules (particles) that contain histamine, a compound which, when released into surrounding fluid, activates an inflammatory response |
9. | leukocytes that develop into phagocytizing macrophages when they migrate out of lymphatic circulation into surrounding tissue |
10. | proteins that make cells more attractive to phagocytes |
11. | a mode of complement system activation in which a circulating complement protein recognizes an antibody bound to foreign material |
12. | the maintenance of body temperature at a higher-than- normal level |
13. | fatty acids involved in the control of inflammation and body temperature |
Down
2. | the process in which cell membranes fuse together and then push debris from the cell vesicles to the outside of the cell |
3. | chemicals that tend to cause fever by raising the set-point temperature of the neurons in the hypothalamus |
4. | the most common type of white blood cell; can slip out of capillaries and into surrounding tissue, where they destroy bacteria and cellular debris |
5. | cells that engulf and consume bacteria, foreign material, and debris |