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The Lymphatic System and Immunity-Practice Test

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Water within capillaries is called?   Plasma  
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Water found in the spaces between cells is called?   Tissue fluid  
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Blood plasma becomes tissue fluid by the process of?   Filtration  
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Tissue fluid that has entered lymph capillaries is called?   Lymph  
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The vessel that empties lymph into the left subclavian vein is the?   Thoracic duct  
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The vessel that empties lymph into the right subclavian vein is the?   Right lymphatic duct  
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The cisterna chyli collects lymph from the?   Lower body  
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Lymph from the lower half and upper left quadrant of the body drains into the?   Thoracic duct  
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Lymph from the upper right quadrant of the body drains into the?   Right lymphatic duct  
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Backflow of lymph in the larger lymph vessels is prevented by?   Valves  
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Lymph is kept moving in the larger lymph vessels by contraction of the _________ in their walls?   Smooth muscle  
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In the larger lymph vessels of the legs, lymph is kept moving by the?   Skeletal muscle pump  
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in the larger lymph vessels in the thoracic cavity, lymph is kept moving by the?   Respiratory pump  
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Lymphocytes are activated and proliferate within?   Lymphatic tissue  
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In general, lymph nodes are located along ________ and ________ flows through them?   Lymph vessels, lymph  
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Lymph nodes and nodules contain ________ to phagocytize pathogens and _________ that produce antibodies?   Macrophages, plasma cells  
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The ______ lymph nodes destroy pathogens in the lymph returning from the arms?   Axillary  
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The ______ lymph nodes destroy pathogens in the lymph returning from the legs?   Inguinal  
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The ______ lymph nodes destroy pathogens in the lymph returning from the head?   Cervical  
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In general, lymph nodules are located beneath the ________ of body tracts lined with __________?   Epithelium, mucous membranes  
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Lymph nodules destroy pathoges that have entered the body by way of?   Natural openings  
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In the abdomen, the spleen is located on the _____ side behind the _____?   Left, stomach  
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The cells in the spleen that phagocytize pathogens are _______, and the cells that produce antibodies are _______?   Macrophages, plasma cells  
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The adult spleen, in terms of its functions, is very similar to a?   Lymph node  
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If the adult spleen must be removed, the organs that will compensate for its functions are the?   Liver and lymph nodes  
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The ______ and ______ are blood cells that are destroyed by the spleen?   RBC, platelets  
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When the spleen destroys old RBCs, _______ is formed from the heme portion of the _______?   Bilirubin, hemoglobin  
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The fetal spleen has a function that ceases after birth; this is the production of?   RBCs  
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In the fetus and young child, the organ that is most important for the development of the immune system is the?   Thymus gland  
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The lymphocytes that are produced by the thymus are called?   T cells  
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In the young child, the thymus is located below the _______ and behind the ______?   Thyroid gland, sternum  
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As a person reaches adulthood, the thymus gland ______ in size?   Decreases  
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Antigens that are found on the cells of an individual are called self?   Antigens  
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Foreign antigens are those that will stimulate production of?   Antibodies  
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Examples of foreign antigens are?   Bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, tumor cells  
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The component of immunity that is specific as to antigen is ______ immunity?   Adaptive  
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The component of immunity that is not specific as to antigen is _______ immunity?   Innate  
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The component of immunity that creates memory is ________ immunity?   Adaptiv  
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The component of immunity that does not create memory is ______ immunity?   Innate  
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The component of immunity that may become more efficient with repeated exposures is _____ immunity?   Adaptive  
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The component of immunity that does not become more efficient with repeated exposures is _______ immunity?   Innate  
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In innate immunity, the body's outermost defense is an unbroken?   Stratum corneum; epidermis  
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In innate immunity, defensins are antimicrobial chemicals produced by the cells of the?   Epidermis  
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In innate immunity, the mobile cells of the epidermis that pick up pathogens are?   Langerhans cells  
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In innate immunity, the secondary line of defense that contains mast cells and WBCs is the?   Subcutaneous tissue  
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In the innate immunity, the antibacterial chemical in tears and saliva is?   Lysozyme  
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Ingested pathogens are usually destroyed by the ____ in the stomach?   HCl  
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The respiratory mucosa is lined with ________ to sweep inhaled pathogens out?   Ciliated pathogens  
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The cells of innate immunity that activate the lymphocyes of adaptive immunity are the _______ and ________.   Macrophages and Langerhans cells  
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The cells of innate immunity that are the most important phagocytes are the ______ and the _______?   Macrophages and neutrophils  
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In innate immunity, the nonspecific lymphocytes that use perforins to destroy foreign cells are the?   Natural killer cells  
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The cells on innate immunity that produce histamine and leukotrienes are the _______ and _______?   Basophils and mast cells  
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In innate immunity, two chemicals that make capillaries more permeable are ______ and _______?   Histamine and leukotrienes  
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In innate immunity, the effect of histamine on arterioles is to cause?   Vasodilation  
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In innate immunity, the chemical that inhibits the reproduction of viruses within cells is?   Interferon  
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In innate immunity, the function of interferon is to prevent the reproduction of _______ within cells?   Viruses  
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In innate immunity, the chemical that lyses cellular antifens or labels non-cellular antigens is?   Complement  
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in innate immunity, the purpose of inflammation is to destroy _____ and to permit ______ to begin?   Pathogens, tissue repair  
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In innate immunity, the signs of inflammation are?   Pain, redness, swelling, heat  
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In innate immunity, the function of neutrophis is?   Phagocytosis  
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In innate immunity, the function of basophils is to produce?   Histamine  
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Inflammation is the body's response to?   Damage of any kind  
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In adaptive immunity, the cells that work together are the ________ and the _________?   Macrophages and helper T cells  
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In adaptive immunity, macrophages and helper T cells work together to?   Recognize foreign antigens  
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In adaptive immunity, the cells that have self antigens to be used for comparison to foreign antigens are the?   Macrophages  
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In adaptive immunity, the mechanism that does not involve antibody production is?   Cell-mediated immunity  
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In adaptive immunity, the labeling of a foregn antigen by antibodies is called?   Opsonization  
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In adaptive immunity, the ________ T cells chemically destroy foreign antigens?   Cytotoxic  
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In adaptive immunity, the ________ T cells remember a specific foreign antigen?   Memory  
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In adaptive immunity, the _______ T cells contribute to the recognition of an antigen as foreign?   Helper  
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In adaptive immunity, the ______ T cells activate B cells?   Helper  
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In adaptive immunity, T cells are involved in all aspects of the mechanism called?   Cell-mediated immunity  
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In the embryo, T cells are produced in the ___________ and ________?   Red bone marrow, thymus  
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In the embryo, B cells are are produced in the?   Red bone marrow  
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In adaptive immunity, the B cells that produce anitbodies are called?   Plasma cells  
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In adaptive immunity, the _______ B cells remember a specific foreign antigen?   Memory  
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In adaptive immunity, the process of complement fixation is activated by an?   Antigen-antibody complex  
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In adaptive immunity, the process of complement fixation destroys cellular antigens by?   Lysis; rupturing them  
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In adaptive immunity, the process of complement fixation destroys non-cellular antigens by attracting _______ for _______?   Macrophages, phagocytosis  
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In adaptive immunity, when antibodies bond to bacteria they may cause clumping, which is called?   Agglutination  
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An antibody molecule is made of ______ and is shaped like a?   Protein, Y  
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in adaptive immunity, when antibodies bond to viruses, they change the shape of the viruses, which is called?   Neutralization  
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In adaptive immunity, the bonding of antibodies to a bacterial toxin inactivates the toxin because its _____ has been changed?   Shape  
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In adaptive immunity, a virus with antibodies attached is likely to be ______ by a ________?   Phagocytized, macrophage  
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During the first exposure to a pathogen such as the chickenpox virus, antibodies are produced at a ______ rate of speed and in _____ amounts?   Slow, small  
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After the first exposure to a pathogen such as the chickenpox virus, the person is left with ______ and ______ that are specific for the virus?   Antibodies, memory cells  
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The first exposure to a pathogen such as the chickenpox virus often results in disease because antibodies are produced _______ to prevent it?   Too slowly  
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During the second exposure to a pathogen such as the chickenpox virus, antibodies are produced at a ______ rate of speed and in _____ amounts?   Rapid, large  
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A vaccine may contain a ________ or a ________ as an antigen?   Killed pathogen, part of a pathogen  
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A vaccine stimulates production of ______ and _______?   Antibodies, memory cells  
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A vaccine works because it takes the place of the _________ to the pathogen?   First exposure  
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Virus diseases of plants do not affect people because people have _______ immunity to them?   Genetic  
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Recovery from a disease provides _______ acquired ________ immunity?   Naturally, active  
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A vaccine such as that for measles provides _______ acquired _______ immunity?   Artificially, active  
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Placental transmission of maternal antibodies to a fetus provides _______ acquired _______ immunity?   Naturally, passive  
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An injection of gamma globulins provides _______ acquired ______ immunity?   Artificially, passive  
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Naturally acquired active immunity occurs when a person?   Recovers from a disease  
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Artificailly acquired active immunity occurs when a person?   Receives a vaccine  
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An example of passive immunity that is naturally acquired is?   Placental transmission of antibodies; breast milk  
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An example of passive immunity that is artifically acquired is?   An injection of gamma globulins  
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In any form of passive immunity, the antibodies have come from?   Someone else  
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In any form of active immunity, the antibodies have come from?   The person's own plasma  
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A tetanus booster shot is an example of?   Active immunity  
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An injection of tetanus immune globulin is an example of?   Passive immunity  
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