VOCAB
Innate Body Defenses
Adaptive Body Defenses
Lymphatic Pathways
Immune Response
100
What is a small molecule, which are found in certain drugs such as penicillin?
Haptens
100
The skin and mucous membranes lining the passageways of the respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems create ________ _________.
Mechanical Barriers
100
When stimulated, B cells divide to give rise to cells that differentiate into _______ ______.
Plasma Cells
100
Where do lymphatic pathways begin?
Lymphatic Capillaries
100
What is a group of proteins in plasma and other body fluids?
Complement
200
What is the tissue response to injury or infection, producing localized redness, swelling, heat, and pain?
Inflammation
200
Enzymes in body fluids provide a ______ ___________ to pathogens.
Chemical Barrier
200
(definition) Large, globular proteins
Antibodies
200
After leaving the nodes, the vessels merge to form still later _________ _____.
Lymphatic Trunks
200
A vaccine is an example of _____ _______ _____ (what type of immunity?)
Artificially Active Immunity
300
What is the a thick fluid that may result from bacterial infections?
Pus
300
______ removes foreign particles from the lymph as it moves from the interstitial spaces to the bloodstream.
Phagocytosis
300
What is an antibody-mediated immune response?
What is an antibody-mediated immune response?Humoral Immune Response
300
Lymphatic vessels are similar to those of veins, but _________.
Thinner
300
An adult being given antibodies is an example of __________ ________ ________ ______.
Artificially Acquired Passive Immunity
400
What is the hormone like peptide produced from certain cells including lymphocytes and fibroblasts?Interferons
Interferons
400
Monocytes give rise to _______ which become fixed in various tissues and attach to the inner walls of blood and lymphatic vessels.
Macrophages
400
________ may be proteins, polysaccharides, glycoproteins, or glycolipids, usually located on a cell's surface.
Antigens
400
Larger lymphatic vessels lead to specialized organs called ______ ______.
Lymph Nodes
400
Lymphatic vessels contain ______ that help prevent the back flow of lymph.
Valves
500
What is a soft, bilobed structure enclosed in a connective tissue capsule and located anterior to the aorta and posterior to the upper part of the sternum?
Thymus
500
______ ________ refers to the fact that a given kind of organism develops a set of diseases that is unique to it.
Species Resistant
500
The ______ _______ __ ________ immunity, is resistance to particular pathogens or to their toxins or metabolic byproducts.
Third Line of Defense
500
The __________ _____ is the larger and longer collecting duct.
Thoracic Duct
500
The type of resistance that is a response to contracting an infectious disease is ________ ________ _______ ________.
Naturally Acquired Active Immunity