Circulatory System
Immunity
Lymphatic System
Vocabulary
Misc
100
What is the Circulatory System?
The body's system for blood transportation
100
What is white blood cells?
The cells that fight infection.
100
What is the fluid contained in the lymphatic system?
Lymph
100
What are microscopic blood vessels that connect arteries and veins?
Capillaries
100
What disease is caused by the virus attacking white blood cells?
AIDS
200
What are the blood vessels that carry blood from the heart?
Arteries
200
What is active immunity?
Immunity that occurs when a body makes it's own antibodies
200
What is the place where blood is filtered?
Lymph nodes
200
What is an antibody?
A specific protein made to fight a specific antigen.
200
What stimulates histamine release?
Allergen
300
Where does the exchange of food, oxygen, and wastes occur?
Capillaries
300
What is passive immunity?
Immunity that occurs when antibodies come from another source.
300
How does the filtered lymph (plasma) enter the blood?
Lymph ducts
300
What is a long lasting non-infectious disease?
Chronic disease
300
What causes infectious diseases?
Organisms
400
Hemoglobin
What is a chemical that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide in the red blood cells?
400
What are antigens?
Substances foreign to the body.
400
What is the function of the lymphatic system?
Filter the blood and to fight inflamation.
400
What is a substance that causes an allergic reaction?
An allergen
400
What is the process developed by Luis Pasteur?
Pasteurzation
500
Left Atrium
Where does oxygen rich blood enter the Heart?
500
Which cells produce antibodies?
B cells
500
What would happen if the lymphatic system didn't work properly?
Failure of the circulatory system
500
What are odd shaped cell fragments that help blood clot?
Platelets
500
What are Lymphatic ducts?
The places where lymph enters the bloodstream.
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