click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Frank Marion
Physiology
Question | Answer |
---|---|
What percent of proteins leak out and are returned via lymphatic vessels? | 50% |
Healthy capillaries leak proteins. | True |
Septicemia is | Blood poisoning |
An infection of a lymph node is | Adenitis |
The most important function(s) of the lymphatic system | Fluid balance of the internal environment and immunity. |
Lymphatic capillaries that operate in the villi of the small intestine are | lacteals |
Which antibody is synthesized by immature B cells and then inserted into their plasma membranes? | Immunoglobulin M |
Activities that result in central movement or flow of lymph are | lymphokinetic activities |
The _____ postulates that when an antigen enters the body, it selects the clone whose cells are committed to synthesizing its specific antibody and stimulates these cells to proliferate and to thereby produce more antibodies | clonal selection theory |
Which of these substances operate(s) immune mechanisms? | sebum. mucus. enzymes. hydrochloric acid in gastric mucosa |