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The Lymphatic and Immune Systems

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What is Lymph   speicalized fluid that can't go through capillaries are returned to blood as this  
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Where is Lymph formed   In any tissue spaces  
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What are the main ducts of Lymph?   Right Lymph Duct 25% - Thoracoc Duct 75%  
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What is the main function of lymph?   fiter lymph  
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Are there more efferent or afferent vessels in this system?   Afferent  
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What does afferent mean?   to carry to  
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What does efferent mean?   to carry away  
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Where is Thymus located?   near the sternum  
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T cells are produced where?   In Thymus  
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What is Thymosin?   hormone form thymus  
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Microoorganism   Virus  
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Microoorganism   Bacteria  
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Microoorganism   Fungi  
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Microoorganism   Protozoa  
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Microoorganism   Pathogenic animals  
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Explain a virus   no cell wall, can't live in the air, has to have a host  
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Explain bacteria   doesn't need a host, can live anywhere, Dr's RX for antibodies  
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Explain Protoza   mostly in streams and lakes  
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Pathogenic animals   Ticks and mites and leeches  
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What is Opportunistic infections?   when the normal human defenses are so weak that they allow infection  
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What is nosocomial infection?   transmitted in hospitals; staff  
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Explain fungi   can live in air, digestive system work in reverse (the Fly movie)  
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What is Inherited immunity?   Immunity to certain diseases develop before birth (inborn, genetic)  
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What is Hypersensitivity?   allergy or when the immune system become overactive  
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What is anaphylactic shock   severe and immediate reaction  
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What is autoimmune disease   when the recognition of self breaks down, the immune cells begin to attack the self  
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What Hodgkin's disease?   painless swelling of the lymph nodes. primarily in the neck and grion, caused by enlarged, mutated macrophages  
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What is Infectious Mononucleosis?   viral infection that affects the lymphocytes, causing an increase in the number and a change in the struture of some of these cells  
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What causes you to get sick with Mono?   the change in the cell structure  
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What is leukemia?   cancer if the white blood cells, that produce adnormal cells ata faster rate and live longer  
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What is one the leukemic cell can't perform?   the functionof phagocytosis  
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What is Lymphedema?   an increase of tissue fluid  
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What causes Lymphedema?   Inflammation or obstruction form scar tissue, parasites or trauma  
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What is Lymphomata?   tumor of the lymphativ system that is almost always malignant  
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Lymphatic system   comprises the spleen, thymus, and lymph nodules  
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Lymphatic system   one-way system  
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Lymphatic system   begins in the tissues and ends when it reaches the blood vessels  
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What is Intestinal Fluid?   fluid around the cells  
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Explain Intestinal fluid   comes from the blood as it seeps through the capillaries; between the cells, lymph forms as intestinal fluid and becomes lymph as it moves into the lymph capillaries  
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What are lymph capillaries?   tiny open-ended channels located in tissue spaces of the entire body except for the brain, spinal cord, and cornea  
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Which is larger Lymphatic or blood capillaries?   Lymphatic  
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Where do lymph nodes cluster?   at the joints  
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What do lumph nodes produce?   mature lymphocytes  
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As production of lymphocytes increasese, what also increases?   lymphatic flow  
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What provides a filering sytem the removes wastes products and transfers them for detoxification?   nodes  
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What is the combining site?   where antigen and antibody come together  
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What is the fuction are Anitgen - Antibody conplex   nuetralize toxins, energy cells, promote phagocytosis  
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What = split   lysis  
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What means cells split?   Cytolysis  
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What is complainent fixation?   water into cell causing it to split  
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Where are lymph nodes located?   submandibular, cervical, axillary, inguinal, popliteal  
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T-cells only develop by the presence of what?   thymosin  
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What are the 2 main lymphocytes?   B- cell and T-cell  
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Where do lymphocytes come from?   stem cells in bone marrow  
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stem cells > immature B cells > activated ____ cells > ____   B; activited for immunity  
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Type of Tonsils ( see when stick out tongue)   Pharyngeal  
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Type of tonsil (in back side)   Palatine  
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Type of tonsil ( on base of tongue)   Lingual  
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What are the teo types of immunity?   Nonspecific and Specfic  
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NSI does what?   attack any irritant or abnormal  
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