The Immune and Lymphatic systems and Cancer
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| What is the the purpose of the immune system? | The immune system protects the body from harmful substances.
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| What is non-specific immunity? | It protects the body from diseases in general.
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| What does non-specific immunity do? | When foreign materials enter try to enter the body, it produces a response in which additional white blood cells begin fighting against the disease causing organisms.
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| What is specific immunity? | A type of immunity that is acquired by the body over time.
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| What does active immunity do? | The body manufactures antibodies as a response to an antigen or foreign substance in the body.
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| What is passive immunity? | A person is given the antibodies needed to defend against the antigen. (vaccine)
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| How long does passive immunity last? | it is temporary, because the antibodies have a limited life span.
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| What is lymph? | It is a clear yellowish fluid.
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| Where is lymph found in the body? | In tiny capillaries in the circulatory system.
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| What do lymph nodes do? | They work as filters to clean the lymph fluid of microorganisms.
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| What is HIV? | A disease that attacks the body’s immune system and damages or destroys its cells.
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| What is the differance between HIV and AIDS? | AIDS is the final stage of the HIV virus.
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| What is a BRAT diet? | bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast
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| What is a benign tumor? | A non-cancerous tumor
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| What is a malignant tumor? | A cancerous tumor
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| What does metastasize mean? | To spread from one part of the body to the other
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| What is the key treatment for a malignant tumor? | Surgury
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| What does biopsy mean? | A removal of a sample of tissue for examination and diagnosis
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| What is an oppertunistic infection? | An illness caused by microorganisms due to a person’s inability to fight infection
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| What is remission? | The disappearance of signs and symptoms of cancer or other diseases; can be temporary or permanent
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