Immune System
A vaccines is a cure for a disease. T/F? Why or why not?
It must be given BEFORE someone is exposed to the disease in order to work.
What organ produces insulin, which enables glucose to enter the cells?
Pancreas
What's the difference between lymph and interstitial fluid?
Nothing except for the location (lymph is in lymphatic system; interstitial fluid is in between cells)
What is the first step after blood enters the kidney?
The blood is filtered.
Medicine A is given to a patient who has never had a certain disease. Medicine B is given to a person who has this certain disease. Which is the vaccine?
Medicine A
The cells in the lymphatic system that produce antibodies.
B-cells
This is the "Emperor Palpatine" of the endocrine system.
Hypothalamus
The structures where lymph is actually cleaned
Lymph nodes
What is the process where people are hooked up to an artificial kidney to clean their blood?
Dialysis
A group of cells that prepare and release a chemical for use in the body
Glands
What cells scavenge the lymph, eating bacteria and other debris?
Macrophages
What gland produces hormones affecting the basal metabolic rate (BMR)?
Thyroid gland
Gravity is what propels lymph through the lymph vessels. T/F? If False, how does it travel?
The muscles in the body contract to pump it through
Everything except _______ and ________ gets dumped into nephrons for filtering
Cells
Proteins
If many of the endocrine glands in the body begin to malfunction, it's possible only the _________ gland is malfunctioning.
Pituitary Gland
What cells give vaccines the ability to make people mostly immune from certain diseases?
Memory B-cells
This gland releases epinephrine and norepinephrine during times of stress
Adrenal glands
Even when you're no longer young, the _________ houses many white blood cells, which are there to grow and mature.
Spleen
About how many nephrons are in each kidney?
A million
Often, the endocrine system has hormone that work toward opposite goals, These hormones are often called ______________
Antagonists
What hormone does the thymus gland release to stimulate the development of T-cells?
Thymosin
What glands regulate calcium in the body?
Parathyroids
The only vessel in a lymph node that takes lymph away.
Efferent lymph vessel
Any water and chemicals not absorbed into the blood go from the nephrons into the _______ ________ (be specific)
Renal pelvis
Tears are produced in the ....
Lacrimal glands