Lymphatic System
The two main functions of the lymphatic system.
What is immunity and maintaining blood volume and composition of interstitial fluid?
The main muscle used during inhalation.
What is diaphragm?
The movement responsible for moving the food through our GI tract.
What is peristalsis or peristaltic movements?
This organ is a cartilaginous tube that protects the voice box
What is the larynx?
This organ reaches its largest size before puberty and diminishes in size with time.
What is thymus?
T/F: The thoracic duct collects lymph from the right side of the body superior to the diaphragm and drains into the right subclavian vein.
What is false? Right lymphatic duct!
What is three for the right and two for the left?
The organ that produces the following digestive enzymes: pancreatic alpha-amylase, pancreatic lipase, and proteolytic enzymes.
What is the pancreas?
This main organ of our digestive system has no villi and no enzymes.
What is the large intestine?
The cells in the lymphatic system that are called "murderers", but they help us with immune surveillance.
What is NK cells?
This type of lymphocyte is responsible for stimulating the activation and function of T cells and B cells (to make antibodies).
What is helper T cells?
The volume of air moved into and out of the lungs in normal breath.
What is tidal volume?
This condition results from backflow of acidic stomach acids into the esophagus. One common symptom of this condition would be heartburn.
What is gastro-esophageal reflux?
The small organs surrounded by fibrous connective tissue that filter and remove pathogens from the lymph.
What is lymph nodes?
The respiratory capacity that is characterized by the sum of vital capacity and residual volume.
What is total lung capacity?
Lymphopoiesis happens in two places and produces three different types of cells.
What is thymus and red bone marrow? What are t-cells in the thymus and B-cells and NK cells in the red bone marrow?
This condition happens after repetitive infections and it leads to overproduction of mucus. People with this condition can develop blueish skin.
What is chronic bronchitis?
The hormone that stimulates the gallbladder to contract when we ingest fatty foods.
What is cholecystokinin (CCK)?
This organ contains the largest mass of lymphoid tissue in the body.
What is spleen?
We should avoid paying a lot of money for detox juices because this organ detox our body for free.
What is liver?
A vaccine (with the attenuated virus) is an example of this type of immunity.
What is active artificial immunity?
The three factors that would make the oxygen-hemoglobin saturation curve shift left.
What is pH increase, low temperature, and low BPG?
The name of the important component that connects the liver and the gallbladder to the duodenum.
What is the bile duct?
The lymphatic capillaries are different from blood capillaries for this reason.
What is closed at one end?
The amount of saliva that we produce per day.
What is 1-1.5L?