Miscellaneous
The fluid within the lymphatic vessels.
What is lymph?
The largest organ of the lymphatic system.
What is the spleen?
The antibody associated with allergic reactions.
What is IgE?
The first line of defense
What are mechanical barriers?
Cells that differentiate in the thymus, and are the majority of lymphocytes in the blood.
What are T-cells?
A condition caused by the blockage or removal of a lymph node.
What is edema?
The duct responsible for draining the fluid of roughly 1/3 of the human body.
What is the right lymphatic duct?
The antibody that defends against viruses, bacterias and toxins.
What is IgG?
The acidic environment of the stomach or urethra.
What is a chemical barrier?
Cells that "remember" an antigen, which provides a quick secondary response for future contacts with harmful antigens.
What are memory B-cells?
The blood vessel that lymph vessels are most alike.
What is a vein?
The filtration sites for the the lymphatic fluid.
What are lymph nodes?
The antibody that activates Anti-A and Anti-B.
What is IgM?
The engulfing of pathogens.
What is phagocytosis?
The type of immunity a nursing baby gets from the mother.
What is naturally acquired passive immunity?
The main "mover" of lymphatic fluid through the lymphatic vessels.
What are skeletal muscle contractions?
This pushes most of the intercellular fluid into the lymphatic vessels.
What is hydrostatic pressure?
The antibody that protects mucosal tissues.
What is IgA?
The bodies way of producing a hostile environment for pathogen reproduction.
A dangerous immune reaction that may occur after a transplant.
What is tissue rejection?
The two leukocytes that dwell in the lymph nodes.
What are lymphocytes and macrophages?
This draws/pulls a lot of the intercellular fluid back into the blood stream.
What is colloid osmotic pressure?
The type of immunity that occurs through vaccines.
What is artificially acquired active immunity?
How natural killer cells destroy cancer and viruses.
What is lysis?
An allergy or overproduction of IgE antibodies.
What is Type-1 hypersensitivity or immediate-reaction hypersensitivity?