Bio CH12 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; a disease of the immune system |
anemia | a condition in which there are too few red blood cells in the blood |
antibody | chemicals that help destroy bacteria or viruses |
antigen | foreign substances, usually proteins,that invade the body and cause diseases |
bone marrow | the soft center part of the bone |
hemoglobin | a protein in red blood cells that joins with oxygen and gives the red cells their color |
hemophilia | a disease in which a person’s blood won’t clot |
Immune system | the body system made up of proteins, cells, and tissues that identify and defend the body against foreign chemicals and organisms |
immunity | the ability of a person who once had a disease to be protected from getting the same disease again |
leukemia | a blood cancer in which the number of white blood cells increases at an abnormally fast rate |
plasma | the nonliving, yellow liquid part of blood |
platelet | cell parts that aid in forming blood clots |
red blood cell | cells in the blood that carry oxygen to the body tissues |
white blood cell | the cells in the blood that destroy harmful microbes, remove dead cells, and make proteins that help prevent disease |
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