Infection and response keywords

Antigen

• Protein released by lymphocytes that immobilises pathogens

• Chemical released by lymphocytes that neutralises toxins

• Chemical marker on the surface of cells

• Type of medicine prescribe for bacterial infections

Antibody

• Protein released by lymphocytes that immobilises pathogens

• Chemical released by lymphocytes that neutralises toxins

• Chemical marker on the surface of cells

• Type of medicine prescribe for bacterial infections

Antitoxin

• Protein released by lymphocytes that immobilises pathogens

• Chemical released by lymphocytes that neutralises toxins

• Chemical marker on the surface of cells

• Type of medicine prescribe for bacterial infections

Antibiotic

• Protein released by lymphocytes that immobilises pathogens

• Chemical released by lymphocytes that neutralises toxins

• Chemical marker on the surface of cells

• Type of medicine prescribe for bacterial infections

Pathogen

• A type of micro-organism that invades the body

• A type of micro-organism that can only survive within the body

• A type of micro-organism that causes no harm

• A type of micro-organism that causes a diseases

Communicable

• A type of disease that is inherited

• A type of illness which is contagious

• A type of illness not caused by a pathogen

• A type of illness that is not infectious

Vector

• An organism that transfers a pathogen from one organism to another

• Insects

• An organism that causes a communicable disease

Infection

• Bacterial growth

• Presence of micro-organism on or in the body

• Culture of micro-organisms in or on the body

• Invasion and growth of micro-organisms inside/ on the body that cause communicable disease

Lymphocytes

• Type of white blood cell that engulfs and digests pathogens

• Type of white blood cell that produces antibodies and antitoxins

• Type of red blood cell that fights infections

• Macrophages, neutraphils, eosinophils and basophils

Phagocytes

• Type of white blood cell that engulfs and digests pathogens

• Type of white blood cell that produces antibodies and antitoxins

• Type of red blood cell that fights infections

• Macrophages, neutraphils, eosinophils and basophils