FUNCTIONS
Carries this fluid through the body —
What is lymph?
Filters lymph
What is a lymph node?
Inflammation of lymph nodes
What is adenitis?
Smallest lymph vessels
What are lymphatic capillaries?
Body’s first line of defense
What is innate immunity?
Returns fluid to this system
What is the circulatory system?
Stores blood and destroys old RBCs
What is the spleen?
Viral infection causing fatigue
What is mononucleosis?
Collects lymph from lower body
What is the cisterna chyli?
Type of immunity after infection
What is active acquired immunity?
Helps defend the body against this
What are pathogens?
Matures T-cells
What is the thymus?
Autoimmune disease
What is lupus?
Major duct draining most of the body
What is thoracic duct
Immunity from mother’s milk
What is passive immunity?
Absorbs fats from this
What is the small intestine
Produces lymphocytes
What is bone marrow
Cancer of lymphatic tissue
What is Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Right upper body drains into
What is right lymphatic duct?
Special cells that make antibodies
What are B cells?
Maintains balance of this in the body
What is fluid?
Protects from inhaled pathogens
What are tonsils
Caused by HIV
What is AIDS?
Lymph returns here
What are veins?
Defense cells that destroy infected cells
What are T cells?