ch 25

Question 1

waht is ingestion

Answer 1

taking in food through the mouth

Question 2

what is peristalsis

Answer 2

muscle contracitons that help move food through esophogus to stomach

Question 3

what is elimination

Answer 3

takes place when ppop leaves body through anus

Question 4

lyphatic system funcion

Answer 4

keeps body fluid levels in balance and defends the body against infections.

Question 5

what is interstitial fluid

Answer 5

Interstitial fluid is the fluid that fills the spaces between cells and tissues in the body

Question 6

what is the lyphatic vessel

Answer 6

A thin tube that collects lymph (clear watery fluid) from tissues in different parts of the body and returns it to the bloodstream

Question 7

what are b cells

Answer 7

a type of white blood cell that makes infection-fighting proteins called antibodies

Question 8

what are T cells

Answer 8

part of the immune system and develop from stem cells in the bone marrow. Help protect body from infectoin and alse help fight cancer

Question 9

what is cell mediated immune response

Answer 9

a defense mechanism where the body uses specialized white blood cells, primarily T lymphocytes, to directly attack and destroy infected cells or cancerous cells, without relying on antibodies,

Question 10

what are antibodies

Answer 10

Antibodies are proteins that help your body fight infections by identifying and neutralizing foreign substance