Lymphatic system and body defense

Popular name for pharangeal tonsil located in the nasopharynx

Substance produced in response to a specific antigen; immuoglobulin

Foreign substance that produce an immune response

Serum containing antibodies that may be given to provide passive immunity; immune system

Agranular white blood cell that gives rise to antibod- producing plasma cells in response to an antigen

Milky- appearance fluid absorbed into the lymphatic system from the small intestine. It consists of lymph and droplets of digested fat

Group of blood proteins that help antibodies to destroy foreign cells

Protein fraction in the blood plasma that contains antibodies

Power of an individual to resist over come the effects of a particular disease or other harmful agent

Use of a vaccine to produce immunity

Response of tissues to injury; characterized by heat, redness, swelling and pain

Group of substabces released from virus-infected cells that prevent spread of infection to other cells; also nonspecifically boost the immune system

Fluid in the lymphatic system

Vessel of the lymphatic system

Agranular white blood cell that functions in the immunity

Mass of lymphoid tissue along the path of a lymphatic vessel that filters lymph and harbors white blood cells active in the immunity

Large phagocytic cell that developes from monocyte; presents antigen to lymphocytes in immune response

Cell derived from a B cell that produces antibodies

Lymphoid organ in the upper left region of the abdomen

Lymphocytes active in immunity that matures in the thymus gland; destroys foreign cells directly

Endocrine gland in the upper portion of the chest; stimulates development of T cells

Mass of lymphoid tissue in the region of the pharynx

Substance used to produce active immunity; usually, a suspension of attenuated or killed pathogens or some component of a pathogen given by inoculation to prevent a specific disease