Anatomy Term Guide Unit 10 Lymphatic System

Lymphatic system study guide- complete after listening to lecture and reviewing the vocabulary.

1. This receives lymph from the rest of the body

• The thoracic duct receives lymph from the rest of the body.

2. Small masses lf lymphatic tissue that rings the pharynx in the throat.

• The tonsils are small masses of lymphatic tissue that rings the pharynx in the throat.

3. This is literally a ‘eating cell’ such as macrophages and neutrophils.

• A phagocyte is a cell that is known as the ‘eating cell’ because it’s capable of engulfing and absorbing bacteria and other small particles.

4. What is a substance capable of exciting our immune system and provoking an immune response?

• A substance capable of exciting our immune system and provoking an immune response is an antigen.

5. Later immune responses which are much faster, more prolonged, and more effective are called ______.

• Later immune responses that are much faster are active immunity responses.

6. This contains dead or weakened viruses injected to initiate active immunity.

• A vaccine contains dead or weakened responses and is injected to initiate active immunity.

7. T cells that remain behind after an infection to provide immunological memory are called ________.

• T cells that remain behind after an infection are memory cells.

8. A bodywide, acute, allergic response that is fairly rare is called ________.

• Anaphylactic shock is a body wide allergic response.

9. What is it called when the body produces antibodies and sensitized T cells that attack and damage its own tissues?

• An autoimmune disease or disorder is when the body produces antibodies and sensitized T cells that attack and damage its own tissues.

10. Tissue grafts taken from unrelated persons are called __________.

• Allografts are tissue grafts taken from an unrelated person.

11. Small proteins that diffuse to nearby cells and bind to their membrane receptors are called _________.

• Interferons are...