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white blood cells aka
leukocytes
t/f red blood cells have a neuclei
false-no nuclei
what is it called when there are too many white blood cells
leukemia
why don't the red blood cells have a nucleus
they don't need it to reproduce.
what is another name for a neutrophil
polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN)
what is a PMN?
neutrophil
what is the most common WBC
neutrophil or PMN- 60-70%
what are the white blood cells eaters?
neutrophils aka PMN
NK cells
monocytes
eosinophil
basophils
what are the first WBC to appear at an injury site
neutrophils aka PMN
what are neutrophils (PMN) seen as?
pus
neutrophils (PMN) are ______ _____ and active in phagocytosis
lysosomal enzymes
what is the second most common wbc
lymphocytes 20-25%
what wbc makes up 60-70%
neutrophils (PMN)
what wbc accounts for 20-25%
lymphocytes
what are the three types of lymphocytes
NK cells
T cells
B cells
what cells are know as the natural killer cells
NK cells
where do NK cells mature
bone marrow
what is the first line of defense against tumors or virally infected cells
NK cells
what cells are know for just killing everything (dumb)
NK cells
what cells mature in the thymus
T cells
what cells activate and direct other immune cells
t cells
t cells ____ and _____ other immune cells
activate and direct
what does AIDS cause?
decrease in T cells
t/f aids kills and stops T cells and without them no order and the immune system falls apart
True
False
true
what cells are the generals of the lymphocytes
t cells
where do the B cells mature?
bone marrow and lymph nodes (bean)
what is the bean?
lymph node
what do b cells differentiate into?
plasma cells
what cells differentiate into plasma cells
b cells
what are the antibodies?
immunoglobulins
each plasma cell can produce ____ of _____ immunoglobulins
one of five
what are the five immnoglobulins
IgA
IgE
IgD
IgG
IgM
____ fight microorganisms in body fluids
IgA
____ is an allergy hypersensitivity because the release of histamine
IgE
____ activates B cell lymphocytes
IgD
____ are major antibody can pass through the placental barrier
IgG
____ activates b cell lymphocytes
IgM
what immunoglobulin can pass through the placental barrier
IgG
which immunoglobulin has everything to do with allergies
IgE
immunoglobulins bind to certain _____ to form an immune complex
immunogen
what is the antigen
immunogen
the ____ is the antibody and the ___ is the antigen
immunoglobulins
immunogen
why does the immunoglobulin bind to the immunogen
to disable the immunogen
a monocyte becomes a ____
macrophage
the ____ is located in the bloodstream and the ____ is in the tissue
monocyte
macrophage
where is the monocyte located
in the blood stream
where is the macrophage located
in the tissue
what leukocyte is an allergy induced immune response
eosinophil
an eosinophil eats _____ _____
immune complexes
a basophil is in the ____ and the mast cell is in the ____
blood
tissue
basophil is an _____ response
allergy
which leukocyte produces hisiamine and heparin
basophils
what cell starts in the bone marrow but matures in the thymus
t cell
b cells take orders from who?
t cells
where do the wbc aka leukocytes come from
bone marrow
Author
sweetpea281
ID
51907
Card Set
embryology
Description
head and neck
Updated
2010-11-28T00:04:07Z
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