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DISEASES
VOCABULARY
FUNCTIONS
TRUE & FALSE
VOCABULARY
100
AIDS
What is the abrevation for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome?
100
a substance that triggers an immune response when it is introduced into the body
What is antigen?
100
aids the immune system (fights diseases)
What is the main function of the lymphatic system?
100
FALSE
Lymphoid tissue is also found in the tonsils, adenoids, and the trachea.
100
a small ball or an oval-shaped organ made of specialized tissue
What is lymph nodes?
200
Hodgkin's disease
What disease is described as a form of cancer that affects the lymph nodes?
200
SPLEEN
What is the organ near the stomach that produces, stores, and eliminates blood cells?
200
filters blood instead of lymph fluid
What is the role of the spleen?
200
TRUE
The lymphatic system contains immune cells called lymphocytes.
200
a small white blood cell (leukocyte) that plays a large role in defending the body against disease
What is lymphocytes?
300
Tonsillitis
What is an infection of the tonsils caused by the large number of microorganisms that filter through the lymph tissues?
300
interstitial fluid
What is the fluid in the space between cells?
300
lymph vessels
What carries lymph to the heart?
300
FALSE
Lymph capillaries are the largest lymphatic vessels.
300
body's capacity to resist foreing organisms
What is immune response?
400
What disease is an accumulation of lymphatic fluid that causes swelling, mostly in the arms and legs and occasionally in other parts of the body?
What is Lymphoedema
400
what is a substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates an antigen that has entered the body?
What is antibody?
400
What is the main function of the Lymph System?
What is to protect the body from diseases and remove waste products from the cells?
400
The spleen always stops its hematopoieticactivity at birth.
What is false?
400
what are vessels that receive lymph from the lymph capillaries and circulate it to the lymph nodes
What is lymph vessels?
500
Mesenteric Lymphadenitis
What is a contion of lymph node inplammation that occurs as a result of an intestinal infection?
500
What is thin, watery fluid found within the lymphatic vessels?
What is lymph?
500
What provides defense against diseases by attacking foreign and/or abnormal cells?
What is T cells?
500
The function of the lymphatic system is to transport proteins and other particles to the circulation where they are identified by defense cells.
What is true?
500
What is masses of lymphatic tissue located near the opening of the nasal cavity into the pharynx; also call the pharyngeal tonsils?
What is adenoids?