Functions
helps defend the body from infection, traps bacteria and viruses when you breathe through your nose. what is the organ that goes with this function?
Tonsils and Adenoids
what is the major organ of the immune system?
Lymph nodes
what do lymph nodes do?
they filter lymph and assist the immune system in building a immune response
are designed to pick up fluid that leaks into your tissuse from your bloodstream and returns it to your circulatory system. What part of the immune system is this?
Lymphatic Vessels
what does the immune system do?
helps fight disease and infection
Where is the Thymus gland located?
above the heart in the neck
plays multiple roles in the body, acts as a filter for blood as part of the immune system, old blood cells are recycled in the ______ and white blood cells are stored there. what organ is this?
spleen
What does the Bone Marrow do?
Generates blood cells
What is the Peyer's Patches?
Peyer's Patches are small masses of Lymphatic tissue found throughout the ileum region of the small intestine.
what does the appendix do?
the function is unkown