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The Lymphatic System

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The lymphatic system includes:   Lymph, lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, lymph nodules, spleen, thymus gland  
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What is the fluid in the lymphatic vessels called?   Lymph  
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Lymph begins as filtrate from plasma in the _________ space?   Interstitial  
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Lymph returns excess fluid not returned by _____ in the capillaries?   Osmosis  
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Lymph helps maintain?   BP  
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Lymph vessels carry?   Lymph  
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Lymph vessels begin as blind/dead-end capillaries called?   Lymph capillaries  
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Where are lymph vessels found?   In the interstitial spaces of most tissues  
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What prevents fluid from moving out of the lymph vessels?   Endothelial cells that create flaps  
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What are specialized lymph capillaries in the villi of the small intestine?   Lacteals  
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What do lacteals absorb?   Fat soluble products  
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Lymph in extremities flows via the?   Skeletal muscle pump  
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Valves made of endothelium prevent lymph from flowing?   Down  
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As muscles contract it forces lymph?   Up  
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Lymph elsewhere is pushed toward the heart by?   The vasoconstriction of the lymph vessels  
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What creates pressure during breathing to push lymph from the vessels in the lungs and chest cavity?   Respiratory pump  
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Lymph all flows back to the?   Blood stream  
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Vessels in the lower body unite in front of the lumbar spine to form the?   Cisterna chyli  
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Cisterna chylic becomes the _________ which travels along the spine?   Thoracic duct  
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The thoracic duct unites with vessels of the left upper body and empty into the?   Left subclavian vein  
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Vessels of the right upper body unite to form the ______________ and empty into the right subclavian vein?   Right lymphatic duct  
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What do valves help prevent during lymph flow?   Prevent blood from flowing back into the lymph  
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Lymphatic tissue mainly consists of?   Lymphocytes in a framework of connective tissue  
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What migrates to the lymphatic tissue and become lymphocytes?   WBCs  
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Lymphocytes proliferate in response to?   Infections in all lymphatic tissue  
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What type of cells does the thymus have the produces most of the T lymphocytes?   Stem cells  
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What are masses of lymphatic tissue?   Lymph nodes  
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Lymph nodes are encapsulated in?   Connective tissue  
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Where are lymph nodes found?   Found in groups along lymphatic vessels  
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Afferent vessels flow _______ the node?   Toward  
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Efferent vessels flow _______ the node?   Away  
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As lymph passes through, pathogens are phagocytized by resident/fixed lymphocytes called?   Macrophages  
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Plasma cells develop from ________ exposed to pathogens?   Lymphocytes (B cells)  
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Plasma cells produce?   Antibodies  
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Pathogens more likely to enter the body parts that are drained by which areas?   Cervical, axillary, and inguinal nodes  
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Nodes may swell when fighting?   Infection  
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What are smaller than nodes?   Lymph nodule  
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Are lymph nodules unencapsulated?   Yes  
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Where are lymph nodules found?   Found just beneath all mucosa  
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Lymph nodules in the small intestine are called?   Peyer's Patches  
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Lymph nodules in the pharynx are called?   Tonsils  
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Where is the spleen located?   LUQ just beneath the diaphragm, behind the stomach, covered by the ribs  
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The spleen in the fetus produces?   RBCs  
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What are the functions of the spleen after birth?   Contains plasma cells that produce antibodies; RE cells phagocytize pathogens and old RBC's and form bilirubin; Stores platelets  
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The thymus is inferior to the?   Thyroid gland  
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The thymus produces?   T cells  
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What enables the T cells to recognize foreign antigens and thus provide immunity?   Thymic hormones  
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What is immunity?   The ability to destroy pathogens and foreign material to prevent infection  
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What two things can be recognized as foreign?   Mutated cells and organ transplants  
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What are the chemical markers on cell membranes that identify cells?   Antigens  
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What type of immunity is nonspecific, no memory, and doesn't become more efficient with exposure?   Innate immunity  
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What type of barrier is keratinized epithelium?   Epidermis  
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What type of barrier prevents bacterial growth?   Sebum  
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What type of barrier is antimicrobial made in the live epidermal cells?   Defensins  
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What type of barrier is a structural barrier?   Mucosa  
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What type of barrier sweeps pathogens out to be swallowed?   Ciliated epithelium  
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What type of barrier is an enzyme in saliva and tears that destroy pathogens?   Lysozyme  
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What type of barrier is in the submucosa and subcutaneous tissue?   WBCs  
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Whar are 2 types of defensive cells?   WBCs and Lymphocytes  
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What are found in areolar connective tissue that release chemicals that contribute to inflammation, increases capillary permeability, and causes vasodilation?   Basophils and mast cells  
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What type of cell is a natural killer cell?   Lymphocytes  
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Where are lymphocytes found?   Blood, RBM, spleen, and nodes  
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What do lymphocytes destroy?   Pathogen and tumor cells by releasing chemicals including perforins  
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What are 3 types of chemical defenses?   Interferons, compliment, and inflammation  
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What are the proteins produced by T cells and cells infected with viruses called?   Interferons  
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How do interforns prevent?   Cells infected with viruses from multiplying  
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What are plasma proteins that when activated cause a variety of responses including antigen lysis and labeling, stimulating histamine release, and attracting WBCs?   Compliment  
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What is the general response to damage?   Inflammation  
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What are 4 signs of inflammation?   Swelling, heat, redness, and pain  
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What is adaptive immunity?   Immunity that responds and learns as it responds to situations  
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Adaptive immunity is carried out by?   Lymphocytes and macrophages  
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Majority of lymphocytes are?   T cells and B cells  
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T cells are produced from?   Stem cells in the thymus and bone marrow in the fetus  
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Where do T cells migrate to?   The lymphatic tissue (nodes, spleen, nodules)  
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B cells are produced in?   Bone marrow (adult and fetus)  
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B cells migrate directly to?   Lymphatic issue  
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Some __ cells will divide into plasma cells during an immune response to produce antibodies?   B cells  
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What 2 cells have very specific recognition of pathogens unlike macrophages and will attack any foreign pathogen with which it comes in contact with?   T cells and B cells  
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What happens when a macrophage phagocytizes a pathogen?   It "presents" the pathogens foreig antigens on its surface along with its "self" antigens  
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What cells called helper T cells become sensitized to the specific foreign antigen presented on the macrophage?   T cells  
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What are the 2 mechanisms of adaptive immunity?   Cell-mediated and antibody-mediated immunity  
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Cell-mediated immunity does not result in production of?   Antibodies  
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During cell-mediated immunity, activated helper T cells divide several times to become?   Cytotoxic/Killer T cells  
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Cytotoxic/Killer T cells lyse?   Cell membranes  
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Cytotoxic/Killer T cells produce ______ which attract macrophages and activates them?   Cytokine  
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What type of T cells reactivate with future exposure and start the cell-mediated immune response?   Memory T cells  
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Cell-mediated immunity is AKA?   Cellular immunity  
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Antibody-mediated immunity is AKA?   Humoral immunity  
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Antibody-mediated immunity consists of?   T cells, B cells, and macrophages  
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During which mediated immunity are antibodies produced?   Antibody-mediated  
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B cells divide into?   Memory B cells and Plasma cells  
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What type of cells remember specific antigens and genearate a quick response with subsequent exposure?   Memory B cells  
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What cells produce antibodies to the antigen?   Plasma cells  
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Antibodies are AKA?   Immune globulins, immunoglobulins, gammaglobulins, or lg  
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Antibodies are specific for only one?   Antigen  
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What is opsonization?   "Labeling" foreign antigens by sticking to them which creates antigen-antibody complex  
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Opsonization stimulates?   Complement fixation  
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When certain complement proteins bond to the antigen-antibody complex, it is called?   Complement fixation  
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What are the 2 types of complement fixation?   Complete and partial  
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What complement attaches to the entire complex and to each other and destroys the organism?   Complete  
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What are clumps of complexes that make it easier for phagocytosis called?   Agglutination  
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What complement attaches to the complex but not enough to destroy it?   Partial  
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Partial complement causes _________ (chemically induced movement) of macrophages?   Chemotaxis  
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The first exposure to antibodies causes?   Slow production of few antibodies  
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The second exposure to antibodies causes?   Rapid production  
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What is an allergy   An over reaction to foreign antigens  
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Allergies is an overporduction of IgE and causes?   Tissue damage  
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The 2 types of immunity are?   Genetic and acquired  
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Which type of immunity does not involve the immune system?   Genetic  
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Which type of immunity involves antibodies?   Acquired  
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Acquired immunity consists of 2 types of immunity called?   Active and passive immunity  
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What is passive immunity?   Immunity from another source  
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What type of immunity is temporary, natural or artificial, passed through the placenta and breast milk, and injection of gamma globulins and of preformed antibodies?   Passive immunity  
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Examples of preformed antibodies are?   German measles, hepatitis A and B, tetanus, botulism, and rabies  
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What is active immunity?   Where the individual produces his own antibodies  
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What type of acquired immunity is permanent, natural or artificial?   Active immunity  
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