Structures
This organ filters blood and helps fight infection.
What is the spleen
These white blood cells help fight infection.
What are lymphocytes
The lymphatic system helps maintain this by balancing fluids in the body.
What is homeostasis
Swollen lymph nodes are often a sign of this.
What is an infection
This type of immunity is what you are born with.
What is innate immunity
These small, bean-shaped structures filter lymph fluid.
What are lymphnodes
These cells produce antibodies.
The lymphatic system helps prevent this by fighting germs.
What is infection
This condition causes swelling due to blocked lymph flow.
What is lymphedema
This type of immunity develops after exposure to a specific pathogen.
What is adaptive immunity
This fluid circulates through lymph vessels and contains white blood cells.
What is lymph
These cells directly attack infected or abnormal body cells.
What are T cells
This is the movement of lymph through vessels due to muscle contraction and breathing.
What is lymphatic flow
This type of cancer affects the lymphatic system.
What is lymphoma
A substance that triggers an immune response is called this.
What is an antigen
These vessels return excess tissue fluid back to the bloodstream.
What are the lymphatic vessels
These large cells “eat” pathogens in a process called phagocytosis.
What are macrophages
The lymphatic system absorbs this type of nutrient from the digestive system.
What are fats (lipids)
This is an enlarged spleen.
What is splenomegaly
Proteins produced by B cells to fight specific antigens.
What are antibodies
This large duct drains lymph from most of the body into the bloodstream.
What is the thoracic duct
These immune cells help activate T cells by presenting antigens.
What are dendritic cells
This is the process of removing excess interstitial fluid from tissues.
What is fluid drainage (fluid balance/ homeostasis)
This type of lymphoma is identified by Reed-Sternberg cells.
What is Hodgkins Lymphoma
This type of immunity occurs when a baby receives antibodies from breast milk.
What is naturally acquired passive immunity?