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lymph system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| SPECIFIC IMMUNITY | SPECIFIC PROTECTION AGAINST DISEASE |
| LINGUAL TONSILS | AT THE BASE OF THE TONGUE |
| PALATINE TONSILS | AT EACH SIDE OF THE THROAT |
| NONSPECIFIC IMMUNITY | GENERAL POPULATTION |
| TONSILS | FOUND IN THE MOUTH AND THROAT |
| THYMUS | LOCATED IN THE MEDIASTINUM |
| B CELLS | FORMED IN THE BONE MARROW |
| ARTIFICIAL EXPOSURE | IMMUNIZATION |
| ACTIVE AND PASSIVE | TYPES OF SPECIFIC IMMUNITY |
| ACTIVE IMMUNITY | OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM RESPONDS TO HARMFUL AGENTS |
| NATURAL IMMUNITY | EXPOSURE IS NOT DELIBERATE |
| PASSIVE IMMUNITY | IMMUNITY WAS DEVELOPED IN ANOTHER |
| ANTIBODIES | PROTIEN NORMALLY PRESENT IN THE BODY |
| COMPLEMENT CASCADE | CHANGING SHAPE OF THE ANTIBODY WHEN IT COMBINES WITH AN ANTIGEN |
| B AND T CELLS ACTIVATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS | MEETS A MATCHING ANTIGEN |
| T CELLS | FORMED IN THE THYMUS |
| COMPLEMENT BINDING SITES | HIDDEN SIDES OF AN ANTIBODY EXPOSED DURING COMPLEMENT CASCADE |
| LYMPHOCYTES | CONSTANTLY CIRCULATING IN THE BLOOD STREAM, READY TO PROTECT |
| COMBINING SITES | ON THE SURFACE OF AN ANTIBODY TO COMBINE WITH AN ANTIGENT |
| ALLERGY | HYPERSENSTIVITY TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL ANTIGEN |
| AUTOIMMUNITY | SYSTEM LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS SLE |
| SCID | SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY |
| LYMPHEDEMA | TISSUE SWELLING FROM LYMPH |
| LYMPHATIC VESSELS | TRANSPORT LYMPH FLUID |
| LYMPHANGITIS | LYMPH VESSEL INFLAMMATION |
| RIGHT LYMPHATIC DUCT | DRAINS THE LYMPH FROM THE HEAD AND NECK |
| LYMPH | FLUID THAT CAN'T BE RETURNED TO THE BLOOD |
| LYMPHOID TISSUE | MASS OF DEVELOPING LYMPHOCYTES |
| HOW MANY EFFERENT LYMPH VESSELS | ONE |
| LACTEALS | LYMPH CAPILLARIES IN THE INTESTINES |
| AFFERENT | CARRY TOWARD |
| LYMPHOMA | HODGKINS DISEASE AND LYMPH TUMOR |
| CISTERNA CHYLI | STORAGE FOR LYMPH IN THE ABDOMENT |
| HOW MANY AFFERENT LYMPH VESSELS? | 4 |
| EFFERENT | CARRY AWAY FROM |
| ORGAN HOLDING A PINT OF BLOOD | SPLEEN |
| PHARYNGEAL TONSILS | ADENOIDS |
| SPLENOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN |
| ORGAN TO CATCH BACTERIA IN THE MOUTH | TONSILS |
| OVERALL DEFENSE SYSTEM | IMMUNE SYSTEM |
| SPLEEN | LARGEST LYMPHOID VESSEL |
| TONSILLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS |
| SPLENECTOMY | REMOVAL OF THE SPLEEN |
| ANTIGEN | COMBINES WITH AN ANTIBODY |
| ISOIMMUNITY | REJECTION OF A TRANSPLANTED ORGAN |
| AIDS | ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFECIENCY SYNDROME |
| IMMUNE SYSTEM | PROTECTION DEFENSE |
| ELEPHANTITUS | SWELLING CAUSED BY PARASITIC WORMS |
| THORACIC DUCT | DRAINS LYMPH OF 3/4 OF THE BODY |
| INTERSTITAL FLUID | TISSUE FLUID |