Term | Definition |
Antibody | A large Y-shaped protein which helps remove antigens or looks for viruses and bacteria. |
Antigen | A small molecule that which induces a immune response to the host cell. |
DNA | A spiral structure that creates ones personality and life different form everyone else. |
Host cell | A cell that acts as a protecter to a virus. |
Lymphocyte | A white blood cell. |
Lysogenic cycle | A virus finds a host cell to plant DNA into to replicate itself. |
Lytic cycle | Destruction of the infected cell and its membrane. |
Membranous envelope | The double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell. |
Mucous membrane | A membrane lining internal surface of an organ |
Nucleic acid core | A biological molecules which can be found in living cells. ex. DNA and RNA |
Phagocytic white blood cell | Cells that protect the humans body from digesting harmful particles, bacteria and or dead or dying cells. |
Primary line of defence | Human bodies have two-line defence system against dangerous pathogens that will make you sick. |
Ecological role | Your position the branch of biology dealing with the relations between organisms and their environment, including other organisms. |
Fermentation | A metabolic process that converts sugars to acids, gases and alcohol. |
Secondary line of defence | It is a attack on any microbes that have survived the first line of defence |
Tertiary line of defence | A defence against anything like antibodies, antigens, anything that passes through the first and second defence. |
Viral specificity | The specific type of the cell that a virus can attack. |
White blood cell | Cells that are in the immune system mainly in the blood and lymph and participate in reactions to invading microorganisms or foreign particles, comprising the B cells, T cells, macrophages, monocytes, and granulocytes. |