The General Lymph
The primary purpose of the lymphatic system is to maintain balance of these.
What are Fluids?
This is the general term for one of the body's many processing centers for lymph fluid.
What are Lymph Nodes?
Neutrophils and macrophages are collectively known as this.
What are Phagocytes?
This is also called "non-specific immunity."
What is Innate Immunity?
Elementary school question time: What is the largest animal in the world?
Which of the following is NOT included in lymph fluid?
Proteins, Macrophages, Leukocytes, Erythrocytes, Pathogens, Water
What are Erythrocytes?
The largest lymphatic duct in the body, this vessel is named for the area of the body through which it travels.
What is the Thoracic Duct?
These chemicals, released by Helper T-Cells, initiate the adaptive immune response.
What are Cytokines?
This type of immunity targets specific cells for destruction.
What is Adaptive Immunity?
Wilson Rawl's depressing novel Where The Red Fern Grows heavily features this type of animal.
What are Dogs?
These glands in the back of the mouth are considered the first line of defense for the respiratory tract. Getting them removed means lots of ice cream! And pain.
What are the Tonsils?
Name any kind of lymph node that can be found in the same place one could find an apocrine gland.
What are Axillary or Inguinal Lymph Nodes?
These types of cells have the ability to turn into memory cells, creating long-term immunity.
What are B Cells?
The "T" in T-Cells is not short for Terrance, but this site of cell maturation.
What is the Thymus?
"Comedian" is a conceptual art piece that was sold at auction for $6.2 million. In reality, the "art" is just this piece of produce duct taped to a wall.
What is a Banana?
Within 1 liter, how many liters of fluid is leaked from capillaries daily?
What is 20 liters?
This soft tissue organ is responsible for recycling iron, storing white blood cells, and immune response.
What is the Spleen?
Meredith Grey finds out Derek has been DM'ing Izzy and slaps him across the face. Which chemical is released to cause the ensuing redness on his cheek?
What is Histamine?
Memory cells are established long-term in the lymphatic system in this type of immune response.
What is Humoral Immune Response?
"Do, or do not; there is no 'try,'" is quoted from this iconic character and Mr. G's teaching inspiration.
Who is Master Yoda?
Blocked lymph nodes causes leaked fluid to remain in the tissue and swell to huge proportions in this disorder.
What is Lymphedema?
It looks like a little root vegetable, but this wide lymphatic vessel collects lymph fluid from the lower half of the body to send upward.
What is the Cisterna Chyli?
These cells always come strapped with a shiv. And by "shiv," I mean "perforin, a sharp and infiltrating protein."
What are Cytotoxic T-Cells?
This component of adaptive immunity only deals with the destruction of pathogens and pathogen-infected cells, not long-term immunity.
What is Cell-Mediated Immune Response?
Besides Kendrick Lamar, name 2 people who were featured in the Superbowl Halftime Show this past week.
Who are SZA, Samuel L. Jackson, Serena Williams, and Mustard