C17 Lymphatic

Question 1

What is active immunity?

Answer 1

Antibodies or T cells made by the body

Question 2

What is passive immunity?

Answer 2

Immunity from injections of antibodies or the passing of antibodies from another person or animal

Question 3

What is specific immunity and it’s two components?

Answer 3

Directed against a specific pathogen.
Cell-mediated Immunity
Humoral immunity

Question 4

What is cell mediated immunity?

Answer 4

destroys pathogens within a cell by using 3 types of T cells: cytotoxic T cells, helper T cells, and memory T cells

Question 5

What is humoral immunity?

Answer 5

Focuses on pathogens outside the host cell, uses antibodies to mark antigen for later destruction

Question 6

What are the 3 functions of the lymphatic system?

Answer 6

Immunity, transportation of fats and vitamins, returns tissue fluid to CV system

Question 7

What are the two collecting ducts and which part of the body drains into them?

Answer 7

Right subclavian vein drained by Right lymphatic duct

Left subclavian vein drained by thoracic duct

Question 8

What are the 5 organs of the lymphatic system?

Answer 8

Red bone marrow
Thymus
Lymph nodes
Spleen
Tonsils

Question 9

What is the spleen responsible for?

Answer 9

Destruction of old RBC’s
Blood storage
Hematopoiesis in the fetus

Question 10

What are the 3 body defenses?

Answer 10

1st line: physical and chemical barriers
2nd line: antimicrobial proteins, phagocytes, and natural killer cells
Specific immunity: cell mediated and antibody mediated