Don't let me swell
Lymphatic vessels carry a fluid called this
What is lymph?
The lymphatic vessel found in small intestine villi
What are lacteals?
Lymphatic capillaries join with other vessels and ultimately form ducts that drain into the
What are veins (subclavian and internal jugular)?
This organ is lined with macrophages and remove microorganisms - it is a reservoir for blood as well
What is the spleen?
If a tumour occludes the lymphatics in the axilla, the patient could experience swelling here
What is the arm or upper extremity?
Oral fluids pass by these immune system structures
What are tonsils?
The right lymphatic duct receives lymph rom here
What is the right upper quadrant?
If there is heat, redness, pain and swelling - this is going on
What is inflammation?
Hematopoiesis occurs in this tissue
What is red bone marrow?
Lymph fluids move best in the system when the diaphragm moves up and down and the intercostal muscles are activated
What is breathing
Lymphatic fluid only moves forward because these are a part of the vessels anatomy
What are valves?
The legs would drain their lymph fluid into this structure
What is the thoracic duct?
What is chemotaxis?
If you had the chickenpox as a child, you got this type of immunity
What is natural active immunity?
To help move the lymph collecting in the patients legs, they were advised to contract these ankle structures
What are muscles
A pyrogen is a chemical that moves in our fluids to the hypothalamus to signal the need for this
What is a fever?
There are hundreds of these lymph-filtering, bean-shaped structures in our body
What are nodes?
These B cells produce antibodies
What are plasma B cells?
The five classes of immunoglobulins don't really spell anything meaningful
What is GAMED
This fluid fills the spaces in between our cells
What is interstitial fluid
This greasy waxy skin fluid is part of our first line of defense
What is sebum?
Breast cancer tends to spread to these nearby nodes
What are the axillary?
This name is used to describe cells "sticking" together or clumping
What is agglutination?
These cells are the first phagocytes on the scene of an immune response - they kill their foe and then die leaving a mess behind
What are neutrophils?