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Card 16

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White blood cells called phagocytes may ______ pathogens.

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Card 17

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White blood cells may produce __________ to counteract the toxins produced by pathogens.

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Card 18

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White blood cells called Lymphocytes may produce proteins called __________ that can destroy bacteria/viruses with the specific antigen that has a complimentary shape to it.

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Card 19

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How do antibodies neutralise pathogens?

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Card 20

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Once the 1. _________ with the correct 2.__________ to kill a particular type of pathogen is identified, they reproduce 3. _______.

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Card 21

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Antigens released by pathogens stimulate white blood cells to produce __________ which destroy antigens with a complimentary shape.

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Card 22

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When you are ______ to a pathogen, the lymphocyte that produces the complimetary shaped antibody to the antigen is produced quickly and fights off the pathogen before it can do any damage.

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Card 23

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The spread of a pathogen can be _______ if a large proportion of the population are immune to it.

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Card 24

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After realising infection could be spread from person to person, __________ told people told doctors to wash their hands between patients.

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Card 25

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Some medicines, like pain killers, help to relieve ________ of disease but do not cure it.

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