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LCE Science
Ch 5: Fighting Disease Sec 2: The Body's Defenses
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| inflammatory response | part of the body's defense against pathogens in which fluid and white blood cells leak from blood vessels into tissues and destroy pathogens by breaking them down |
| phagocyte | a white blood cell that destroys pathogens by engulfing them and breaking them down |
| immune response | 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 |
| lymphocyte | white blood cell that distinguishes between each kind of pathogen |
| T cell | a lymphocyte that identifies pathogens and distinguishes one pathogen from another |
| antigen | a molecule that the immune system recognizes either as part of the body or as coming from outside the body |
| B cell | a lymphocyte that produces proteins that help destroy pathogens |
| antibody | a protein produced by B cell of the immune system that destroys pathogens |
| AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) | a disease caused by a virus that attacks the immune system |
| HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) | the virus that causes AIDS |