List three functions of the lymphatic system

fluid balance, absorption of fats, immunity

What does the lymphatic and immune system do.

protect and defend the body from disease

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Immune/lymphatic sys

Immune, lymphatic systems

Question	Answer
List three functions of the lymphatic system	fluid balance, absorption of fats, immunity
Where are fats/fat soluble vitamins absorbed	small intestines
Fluid balance returns excess fluids back into the _________	blood
The clear colorless fluid in the lymphatic vessels is called	lymph fluid
The lymph fluid is similar to plasma but contains no _________	proteins
Lymph fluid begins as filtrate from plasma in the ________ _______	interstital space
What helps maintain blood pressure by maintaining blood volume	Lymph fluid
Lymphatic vessels carry fluid to/from the tissues.	to
Lymph joins the bloodstream when the ___________ ducts merge	collecting
When lymph joins the blood stream, it merges into the __________ _______	subclavian veins
The lymphatic system consists of _______, lymph, ________ tissue, and lymphatic _______	vessels,lymphatic, organs
What does the lymphatic and immune system do.	protect and defend the body from disease
The lymphatic system consists of lymph nodes, thymus, tonsils, _______, and ____ ______ ______	spleen, red bone marrow
______ _______ secure the capillaries to cells preventing collapse	Protein filaments
What do the lymph nodes do	phagocytize bacteria
Lymph vessels are similar to ______	veins
Lymph vessels originate in the _____ ________ beds	blood capillary
Fluid enters the lymphatic vessel between the	epithelial cells
The right lymphatic duct drains for the _____ _____ quadrant of the body	upper right quadrant
The ______ ______ drains lymph from the body in to the left subclavian vein	thoracic duct
Lymph of the extremities flows through the ______ ______ pump	skeletal muscle
When muscles _______ it forces lymph up	contract
________ made of endothelium prevent lymph from flowing down	Valves
Where is the thymus located	in the mediastinum
Name the hormone produced by the thymus	thymosin
What promotes the development of lymphocytes	thymosin
The major lymph node groups are_____ lymph nodes, ______ lymph nodes, _______ lymph nodes	cervical, axillary, linguinal
Where do B & T lymphocytes mature	primary lymphatic organs
The lymph nodes, tonsils and spleen are called the _______ lymphatic organs	secondary
Where do white blood cells migrate before becoming activated	in the lymphatic tissue
There are ____ types of blood cells	7
Lymphocytes proliferate in response to infection in all _______ ______	lymphatic tissue
Lymph nodes are _______ than lymph nodules	larger
Lymph nodules are found just beneath the _______ ______	mucous membranes
What is another another name for adenoids	tonsils
The ______ is posterior to the oral cavity	palatine
The lingual is at the base of the_______	tongue
__________ is posterior to the nasal cavity	Pharyngeal
The thymus is ________ in children and the fetus	larger
The ______ is smaller in adults	thymus
What is released when an infection is present	lymphocytes
________ of the lymph nodes are lined with macrophages	Sinuses
_______ extend from the capsule of the lymph node	trabeculae
What are the conpartments of the trabeculae called	Cortical nodules
In the center of the cortical nodule is the	germinal center
Cortical nodules are filled with	lymphocytes
_____ ______ are found in groups along the lymph vessels	lymph nodes
The lymph nodes are encapsulated in	fibrous connective tissue
Lymph nodes are _______ of lymphatic tissue	masses
What monitors lymph coming from the head and neck	cervical lymph nodes
What monitors lymph coming from the arm and breast	axillary lymph nodes
What monitors lymph coming from the legs	Inguinal
Where are lymph nodes most prevalent	neck, armpit, inguinal area
Several afferent vessels flow_____ the node	toward
A single efferent vessel flows ______ from the node	away
The thymus has a dense outer _______	cortex
The thymus has an inner ______ filled with T lymphocytes	medulla
Located beneath the diaphragm and behind the stomach is the ______	spleen
The spleen consists of _____ _______ of tissue	2 types
The spleen filters ______	blood
Two types of tissue of the spleen are _____pulp ______ pulp	red, white
There is only one type of immunity, T/F	False there are two types
Name the three first lines of defense	skin,mucus membranes,lysozme
The ________ is a destructive enzyme in tears, saliva and mucus	lysozyme
Skin, an ______ ______ is a thin layer of acid produce by skin secretions	acid mantle
In the first line of defense the ______ ________ trap pathogens	mucus membranes
The functions of the spleen are ________, __________________, ___________, ____________	immunity, destruction of old red blood cells, blood storage, hematopoiesis
The second lines of defense are	natural killer cells, inflammation,antimicrobial,fever proteins,phagocytosis
Phagocytes are____ that engulf and destroy pathogens and debris	cells
Inside the pseudo pod, pathogens are encased in a sac called a	phagosome or vacuole
__________ are produced when cells are infected with a virus	interferons
Interferons prevent _______ in other cells	replication
Natural killer cells have four functions, destroy foreign cells, destroy lysis, ______,________	continually roam the body, a type of lymphocyte
What is another name for a fever	pyrexia
If you are considered to be febrile, you are _________	feverish
In the fever process, _______ and _______ secrete fever-inducing chemecals	neutrophils, macrophages
Pyrogens are _______ produced during a fever	chemicals
name the four signs of inflammation	swelling, redness, heat, pain
Two types of specific immunity are	cellular,humoral
Humoral immunity is also known as	antibody-mediated
_______ immunity has memory	specific
The three classes of T cells in cellular immunity are	cyto toxic t cells, helper T cells, memory T cells
Cyto toxic T cells are also known as	killer T cells
Anti bodies are also called	immune globulins, immunoglobulins, gamma globulins or lg
The five classes of antibodies are	IgA,IgS, IgE, IgG, IgM
How do antibodies destroy pathogens	prevent it from attaching to human cells, trigger aggutination, Promote complement fixation to destroy pathogens
During humoral immunity, B cells become	plasma and effector b cells
Cellular and humoral immunity can be achieved by	passive immunity, and active immunity
List two ways passive immunity is achieved	from another person or animal
_________ ________can be artificially achieved by injection of gamma globulins or serum exposed to pathogen,	Passive immumity
How is active immunity achieved	the individual produces antibodies
_______ _______ is permanent	Active immunity
Active immunity can be ______ or natural	artifical
What is a form of artificial active immunity	vaccines
Antibodies are specific for only one _______	antigen
The third line of defense is ______ _______	specific immunity
During a fever what causes the feeling of being cold	thermogenesis
Inflammation is a reaction of the body's defense system to	tissue damage
Vasodilation is	increased blood flow bringing cells/nutrients to heal
_______ _______ allows things to move in and out of capillaries	capillary permability
Fibrinogen form a _____ to separate damaged tissue	wall
Neurophils are attracted by	chemotaxis
Natural killers naturally _________________	roam the body
Immunity is the ability to destroy_______ and prevent________	pathogens, infection
Fluid leaking out of the capillaries is	swelling
A thick yellowish fluid called ____ is dead cells and tissue debris	pus
Pus accumulates in ________ ______ and called an abscess	tissue cavity

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