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Lymphatic and immune systems

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What is lymph   Clear watery fliud that surronds the body cells and flows in vessels through out the body.  
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lymphatic system functions   Drainage system, absorbs lipids, assists imune systems  
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how do lymph nodes fight disease?   T- cells and B-cells  
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T Cells   produce antibodies in response to specific antigens  
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B Cells   Multiply rapidly to produce cells that destroy antignes  
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Adenoids   Masses of lymph tissue in the nasopharynx area (in throat near nasel cavity)  
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Tonsils   Masses of lymph tissue in the oropharynx area (the throat near back of mouth)  
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Spleen   Near the stomach, composed of lymph tissue, stores and elimantes blood cells, not essiental to life  
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Thymus gland   located in upper mediastinum between lungs, helps body protect it self from disese (immune)  
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Phagocytes   Migrate to infection an ingest bateria  
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Macrophages   move to clear dead cells after infection  
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Toxin   is poison, a protien produced by certian bacteria, animals or plants  
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active immunity   Reciving vaccinations, having a disease that produces anitbodies, or aquried thru a transfer of immune cells from a donor  
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passive immunity   antitoxins, immunoglobulins, maternal antibodies  
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immunoglobulin   antibodies that are secreted by plasma cells in humoral immunity  
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vaccine   weaken or kill microoganisms to induce immunity to infection or disease  
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vaccination   an introduction of altered antigens to produce an immune response and protection against disease  
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Dendritic cell   an important cell of the immune system, captures antigens and presents them to t cells  
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immun/o   Protection  
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Lymph/o   Lymph  
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Splen/o   Spleen  
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Ana   Again  
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inter   between  
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what are the 3 ways hiv may occur?   sexual contact, blood inoculation and passage of virus from infected mothers to newborns  
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cryptococcus   a yeast like fungus in lung, brian and blood infections  
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toxoplamosis   a parasitice infection involving the central nerve system  
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tolerance   self antigen  
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immunity   the bodys ability to resist forign organisms and toxinss  
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natural immunity   genetic preispostion present at birth ex. Natural killer cells, macrophages,phagocytosis  
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antibody   protien produced by b cell lymphocytes to destroy antigens  
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antigen   substance that the body recognizes as forign  
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aquried immunity   formation of antibodies and lymphocytes after exposure to an antigen. active and passive  
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tolereance   T lymphocytes learn to recoginze and accept the bodys own antigens as self or friendly  
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Iga, IgD, IgE, Igm   immunoglobulins  
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NA   Non applicible  
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Na   Sodium  
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Ng tube   nasogastric tube  
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NSAID   Non steroioal anit- inflammatiroy drug  
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O, O2   Oxygen  
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os   Opening , bone  
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PALS   Perdiactric advanced life support  
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p.c   After meals 9post cibum)  
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Peg   percutionaous endoscopic gastrostomy(feeding tube placed in stomach)  
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per os   By mouth  
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PE tube   ventilating tube for eardrum  
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prep   prepare for  
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ante   before or forward  
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epi   pon, on above  
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eu   good, normal  
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hemi   half  
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hypo   under, deficency  
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what do lymph vessels do?   lead toward the thoratic cavity and empty into 2 large ducts iin the upper chest  
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what does the thoratic duct do?   drains lower body and left side of the head  
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what does the right lymphatic duct do?   drains the right side of head and chest  
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where does the thoratic duct and right lyphatic duct carry the lymph to?   the large veins in the neck where the lymph then enters the bloodstream  
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crytococcus   a yeast like fungas in the lung brain and bloodinfections.  
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toxoplasmosis   a parasitic infection involving the central nervous system  
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Allergy   abnormal hypersensivity to an antigen  
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atopic   hypersenitivity or allergic state  
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Anaphylaxis   exxagerated or unusal hypersensivity to a forign protien or other substance  
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Hodgkin disease   a maligant tumor of lymph tissue on the spleen and lymph nodes  
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what are the 4 stages of hodgkin diseases?   stage 1: involves ingles lymph node stage 2: involves 2 or more sites of same side of diaghram stage 3: involves diseade in both sides of diaphram stage 4: is widespread invilving the liver, bone marrow, lung and skin  
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Allergen   a forign substancce (antigen)  
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HIV   Human immunodeficency virus , a retro virus that causes aids  
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AIDs   Acquired immunodeficency syndrome, Caused by human immunodeficency virus  
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Kaposi Sarcoma   Maligent (cancerous) condition associated with aids, arises from the lining of capillaries and appears as bluish-red skin nodules  
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opportunistic infections   infectionoue disease associated with sids they occur becuase HIV infection lowers the bodys resistance and allows infection by bacteria and parasites that normally are easilly contained.  
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retrovirus   RNA virus that makes copies of itself by using the host cells DNA  
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Whats are some drugs used to treat AIds?   Protease inhibitor and revese transcriptase inhibitor  
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ELISA   Enzyne linked immunosorbent assay  
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CT Scan   Computerized xray imaging in the transverse plane  
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Gastr, Cardi, enter   Roots words  
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-itits, -ology, -ic   Suffixs  
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Gastr/o, cardi/o, enter/o   Combining vowels  
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Sub-, epi-, brady-   Prefixs  
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histologist   Study of tissue  
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Epithelial tissue   Covers outside of bosy and inner surface of internal organas  
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Connective tissue   connects to bone or muscle  
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Muscle tissue   allow for movement consiously or unconsicoulsy  
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Nervous tissue conducts   impulses all over the body  
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Abdominopelvic regions   Hypochondriac, epigastric, lumbar, umbilical, inguinal  
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Abdominopelvic quadrants   RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ  
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Bacteria antigens   Streptococcus, Staphlococci  
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Streptococcus   Bacteria antigen thats berry shaped grows in twisted chains  
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Staphlococci   Bacteria antigen thats berry shaped and grows in twisted clusters  
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Erythocytes are also called what?   Red blood cells  
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Leukocytes are also called what?   White blood cells  
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Spenomegaly   lymph tissue occurs with high blood pressure in the hepatic veins (liver veins)  
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Antibodies   Protien substances made by white blood cells in response to antigens  
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Antibiotics   destroys in inhibits the growth of bacteria  
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invovment of single lymph node or group of nodes   stage 1 of hodgkin disease  
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Involvement of 2 or more sites on same side of diaphram, often involves medistinum   stage 2  
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Disease on both sides of diaphagm, may include spleen or localized extanodal disease   stage 3  
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widespread extralymphatic involvment (liver, bone marrow, lung, skin)   stage 4  
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