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WCC Immunology
WCC Immunology terminology
Term - Immunology | Definition |
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Immunity | the state of being exempt from or protected agains foreign subs |
Immunology | the study of the immune system |
Antigen | substance that the body regards as foreign |
Antibody | diesease-figthing protein produced by the body in respoonse to the presence of a specific antigen |
Lymp | interstital fluid; clear, colorless tissue fluid that leaves the capillaries and flows in the spaces between the cells of the tissue or organ |
Cisterna chyli | origin of the thoracid duct and saclike structure fo lymp collection |
Lymph nodes | small bean-shaped structures that filter lymph and store B and T lymphocytes |
Tonsils | masses of lymphatic tissues that protect the nose and upper throat |
Spleen | mass of lymphatic tissue located in the cranial abdomen that produces lymphocytes and monocytes, filters foreign material form the blood and maintains an appropirate balance of cells and plasma |
Thymus | gland that has an immunlogic function and is predominately found in your animals |
lymphocyte | type of white blood cells that attachks specific organs |
monocytes | tuype of leukocyte that acts as a macrophage in the thymus |
macrophage | phagocytic cell that protects the body by eating invading cells and by interacting with other cells of the immune system |
resistant | not susceptibel |
vaccination | immunization; adminstration of antigen to stimulate a protective immune response against a specific infectious agent |