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A protein that is designed to fight a specific antigen is ____________.
What is an antibody?
True or False: The thicker the vocal cords, the lower the pitch of the voice.
What 2 things are responsible for closing off the larynx when you swallow food or drink?
What is the epiglottis and the vocal cords?
When lymph exits the lymphatic system, what system does it enter?
What is the circulatory system?
The B-cells that make the antibodies are called ________.
What are plasma B-cells?
The motion of a substance from an area where there is a lot of the substance to an area where there is less of that substance is ___________.
What is diffusion?
True or False: The more tension there is in the vocal cords, the lower the pitch of the voice.
What is false?
The lymph vessels have small "bulbs" attached to them at certain places. These are called __________.
What are lymph nodes?
_________ B-cells remember how to make the antibody in case the pathogen comes back.
Whis is memory?
The volume of air exhaled and inhaled during normal, relaxed breathing is __________.
What is tidal volume?
The main muscle that controls the lungs is the ____(a)_______. When you inhale, your ____(a)______ contracts. When it relaxes, you ___(b)_______.
What is your (a) diaphram and (b) exhale?
The moment interstitial fluid enters the dead end of a lymph vessel, it is cleaned of ______________.
What are impurities?
The immunological defense that is targeted at a specific pathogen is called ____________ immunity.
What is acquired?
The fluid found in the spaces around the cells of an organism is __________.
What is interstitial fluid?
The maximum volume of air that can be inhaled or exhaled is ___________.
What is vital capacity?
Which organs are the first line of defense against pathogens that enter your mouth?
What are your tonsils?
_______ - cells come from the thymus.
What are t-cells?
The immunological defense that is targeted at a specific pathogen is ___________.
What is acquired immunity?
_____(a)______ causes oxygen to enter the blood when it goes into the lungs, and that takes place in the tiny sacs called the _____(b)______.
What is (a) diffusion and (b) alveoli?
Which organ makes sure that the mutualistic bacteria in your intestine survive an intestinal infection?
What is the appendix?
This organ, the _________, stores extra red blood cells, filters the blood, and clears dead red blood cells from the circulatory system.
What is the spleen?