Combing Forms
means adenoids
adenoid/o
many
poly-
Largest lymphatic organ, filters the blood, produces lymphocytes, and stores blood, this organ will also result in "bleeding to death" if punctured often leading to its need for removal in injuries
spleen
Target virus and cancer cells
Natural Killer Cells
Cancer of the blood forming bone marrow causing increased WBC
Leukemia
means lymph node
lymphaden/o
large
macro-
Digestive system organ that also filters blood and stores red blood cells
liver
Made up of 3 types of cells that destroy and respond to harmful substances in the body
granulocytes
drugs to fight or prevent bacterial infectrions
antibiotic
disease
path/o
together
con-
fluid that helps remove waste, toxins and other harmful substances
lymph
"large eater" cells
macrophages
treatment that enhances or suppresses the immune system
immunotherapy
means eat, swallow, or engulf
phag/o
new
neo-
cells that perform immune "surveillance" by detecting and destroying foreign cells
lymphocytes
types of cells that are classified as monocytes or lymphocytes
agranulocytes
immune system produces antibodies to its own tissues
autoimmune disease
vein
ven/i or ven/o
formation
-poiesis
produces thymosin which stimulates bone marrow to produce t lymphocytes and then they are stored here until mature enough to be released
Thymus
single nucleus phagocytes
monocytes
Genetic Disorder in which does not produce enough hemoglobin
Thalassemia