Functions
The network of vessels, much like the cardiovascular system, that helps protect against pathogens
What is the lymphatic system?
A clear fluid that fills the spaces around body cells.
What is a lymph?
A vaccine made from pathogens grown under special laboratory conditions to make them lose most of their disease-causing properties.
What is a Live-virus vaccine?
The Lymphatic system helps the body fight ______.
What are infections?
These aid the body and the body's defenses.
What are vaccines?
Specialized white blood cells that provide the body with immunity.
What are Lymphocytes?
A protein that acts against a specific antigen.
What is an antibody?
What is a Killed-virus vaccine?
Lymph capillaries carry lymph into larger vessels called ________ __________.
What are lymphatic vessels?
These become enlarged when your body is fighting an infection because of an increase in lymphocytes.
What are lymph nodes?
These are the two types of lymphocytes.
What are B cells and T cells?
This is a preparation of dead or weakened pathogens that are introduced into the body to stimulate an immune response.
What is a vaccine?
What are Toxoids?
_________ _________ is the single most effective strategy for preventing the spread of disease.
What is hand washing?
In this way vaccination not only protects you but also helps protect the health status of those around you
What is Immunization for All?
Nodules of lymphoid tissue found just behind the mouth and in the pharynx (throat).
What are the tonsils?
A vaccine being developed by scientists using new technologies.
What are New and second-generation vaccines?
_____ are white blood cells that attacks invading pathogens.
What are phagocytes?
This is a reaction to tissue damage caused by injury or infection.
What is the inflammatory response?
This is the largest organ in the lymphatic system acting as a crucial blood filter, immune responder, and reservoir for blood cells, located in the upper-left abdomen, vital for fighting pathogens and removing old red blood cells.
What is the spleen?
This is cancer of that affects the lymph tissue.
What is Hodgkin's Lymphoma?
The COVID-19 vaccine invention, was this particularly groundbreaking vaccine; like that from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech
What is mRNA?