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 |