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immune/endocrine system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| system works with nervous system to corrdinate and regulate body | endocrine system |
| substances secreted by cells and act to regulate activities of other cells | hormones |
| do the work of the endocrine system | hormones |
| organs that release hormones are called | endocrine glands |
| male hormone that governs changes in boys as they mature | testosterone |
| in girls, cuases normal growth of body hair | testosterone |
| female hormones that govern changes in girls | estrogen and progeterone |
| in boys helps to keep body fat at a safe level | estrogen and progeterone |
| main hormone that promotes growth in children | HGH |
| made by the pituitary gland | HGH |
| edrenaline | epinephrine |
| one of the hormones released by body in times of stress (fight or flight response) | epinephrine |
| defends body against disease | immune system |
| cells of the immune system move around body in fluids of the )_____systems | circulatory/lymphatic systems |
| a networks of vessels that pick up fluid called lymph that leaks through blood vessels and fills spaces around the body's cells | lymphatic system |
| clear yellowish fluid that is made up of water nutrients and WBC | lymph |
| small bean shaped masses that can be found along the lymphatic vessels | lymph nodes |
| hold many lymphocytes | lymph nodes |
| WBC that destroy bacteria, viruses, and dead/damaged cells | lyhmphocytes |
| masses of lymph tissue found in the throat | tonsils |
| serves as a filtering station for blood particles that should not be there | spleen |
| main place where blood cells form | bone marrow |
| cancer of the tissues that make WBC | leukemia |
| main job is to defend body against disease | WBC |
| 5 types of WBC | neutrophils, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes |
| engulf/destroy bacteria and release enzymes that kill bacteria | neutrophils |
| enfulf/digest damaged body cells and disease causing agents | monocytes |
| attack to parasites and release substances to kill them | eosinophils |
| function in an allergice reaction, releasing histamine | basophils |
| attacks/destroys particles that carry antigens | lymphocytes |
| blood cells develop into ____________. | antibody forming plasma cells |
| cells attack cells that have been_________ | infected by a virus |
| coating of the cell and virus that has in identifying proteins | antigens |
| proteins the immune system makes in response to specific antigens | antibodies |
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