A&PII Midterm: Lymphatic System and Immune Response

The lymphatic system consists of a network of lymphatic ____, tissue, ____, and other lymphoid ____.

What are the functions of the lymphatic system?

Lymphatic _____ pick up the leaked fluid (water and dissolved proteins) and carry it through lymphatic collecting vessels to lymphatic trunks.

_____- drains lymph from the right upper extremity, head, and thorax delivered by the jugular, subclavian and bronchomediastinal trunks.

_____ - receives lymph from the rest of the body other than the areas covered by the right lymphatic duct.

Both main ducts empty the lymph into ____ circulation on their respective sides of the body

Lymph is filtered by _____. If bacteria or abnormal cells appear, macrophages destroy it and any foreign matter.

Lymphatic system is a ____ system and carries lymph towards the heart.

_____-swelling in the tissues that occurs when fluid remains in the tissues

Lymphoid Organs: thymus, lymph nodes, _____, tonsils, _____, and bone marrow

Primary lymphoid organs?

Secondary lymphoid organs?

_____ - is a systemic response that protects us from bacterial and viral infections, toxins and cancer. If this system fails, the body is devastated by pathogens.

Most important characteristics of the immune response are . . .

Name the 3.

antigen- anything that has the capability to provoke an _____.

_____- the inability of the immune system to distinguish self from non-self, are own tissues are attacked by the immune system.

_____-event indicated by the appearance of specific cell-surface proteins which enables immune response.

**after differentiation, B and T cells enter the blood stream where clonal selection occurs. -clonal selection is triggered when an antigen binds to the surface receptors of a B or T cell.

As the heart contracts, blood is pumped into:

Largest arteries, smaller arteries, _____, capillaries, _____, Smaller veins, and largest veins.

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