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Chapter 12 - Lympatic And Immune Systems Flashcards

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1
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Substance producing a hypersensitivity reaction

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Allergen

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Pertaining to or suffering from an allergy

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Allergic

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Protein produced in response to an allergen

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Antibody

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Hypersensitivity to a particular allergen

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Allergy

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Defense mechanism arising from antibodies in the blood

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Humoral

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Protected from an infectious disease

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Immune

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State of being protected

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Immunity

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The science and practice of immunity and allergy

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Immunology

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Medical specialist in immunology

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Immunologist

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Make resistant to an infectious disease

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Immunize

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11
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Administration of an agent to provide immunity

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Immunization

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Specific protein evoked by an antigen; all antibodies are immunoglobulins

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Immunoglobulin

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A circumscribed mass of tissue

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Node

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14
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An organism that attaches itself to, lives on or in, and derived its nutrition from another species

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Parasite

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A disease causing microorganism

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Pathogen

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Substance that makes an environment unclean or impure

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Pollutant

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Poisonous substance formed by a cell or organism

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Toxin

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Pertaining to a toxin

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Toxic

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The state of being poisonous

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Toxicity

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Cell surface protein to enhance the sensitivity of an antigen receptor

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Coreceptor

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Agent able to destroy cells

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Cytotoxic

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Lymphocytes with no surface markers, unlike T cells or B cells

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Null cells

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Blood cell that ingests and destroy foreign particles

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Phagocyte

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Ingest foreign particles and cells

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Phagocytize

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Process of ingestion and destruction of foreign particles and cells

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Phagocytosis

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Pertaining to phagocytes or phagocytosis

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Phagocytic

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Cell derived from B lymphocytes and active in formation of antibodies

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Plasma cell

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Single mass of lymphoid tissue in the midline at the back of the throat

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Adenoid

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Vascular, lymphatic organ in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen

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Spleen

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30
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Surgical removal of the spleen

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Splenectomy

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31
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Enlarged spleen

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Splenomegaly

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Mass of lymphoid tissue on either side of the throat at the back of the tongue

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Tonsil

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Surgical removal of the tonsils

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Tonsillectomy

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Inflammation of the tonsils

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Tonsillitis

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Disease marked by chronic enlargement of lymph nodes spreading to other nodes in an orderly way

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Hodgkin lymphoma

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Condition in which the spleen removes blood components at an excessive rate

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Hypersplenism

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Pertaining to the groin

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Inguinal

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Surgical excision of a lymph node

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Lymphadenectomy

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Inflammation of a lymph node

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Lymphadenitis

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Any disease process affecting a lymph node

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Lymphadenopathy

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Radiographic image of lymph vessels and nodes following objecting of contrast material

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Lymphangiogram

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Tissue swelling due to lymphatic obstruction

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Lymphedema

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Any neoplasm of lymphatic tissue

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Lymphoma

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Substance capable of triggering an immune response

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Antigen

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Immune reaction directed against a persons own tissue

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Autoimmune

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Ability to distinguish between different things

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Discrimination

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Small molecules that has to bind to a larger molecule to form an antigen

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Hapten

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Change in the chemistry of the gene

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Mutation

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Ability of an organism to withstand the effects of an antagonistic agent

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Resistance

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Able to resist

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Resistant

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Relating to a particular entity

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Specific

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State of having a fixed relation to a particular entity

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Specificity

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Process by which cells or other particles adhere to each other to form clumps

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Agglutination

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Stick together to form clumps

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Agglutinate

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Weaken the ability of an organism to produce disease

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Attenuate

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Weakened

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Attenuated

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Group of proteins in serum that finish off the work of antibodies to destroy bacteria and other cells

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Complement

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Defense mechanism arising from antibodies in the blood

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Humoral immunity

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Serum taken from another human or animal that has antibodies to a disease

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Immune serum

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Preparation to generate active immunity

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Vaccine

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To administer a vaccine

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Vaccinate

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Administration of a vaccine

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Vaccination

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Antigen from someone else in the same species

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Allogen

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Pertaining to allogen

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Allogenic

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Skin graft from another person or cadaver

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Allograft

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Reaction directed against foreign tissue

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Alloimmune

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Immediate severe allergic response

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Anaphylaxis

68
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Pertaining to anaphylaxis

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Anaphylactic

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Compound liberated in tissues as a result of injury or an allergic response

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Histamine

70
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Drug used to treat allergic symptoms because of its action antagonistic to histamine

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Antihistamine

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Exaggerated abnormal reaction to an allergen

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Hypersensitivity

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Failure of the immune system

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Immunodeficiency

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Suppression of the immune response by an outside agent

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Immunosuppression

74
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Rash of itchy wheals (hives)

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Urticaria

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Inactive

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Dormant

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Process to develop an infection

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Incubation

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A malignancy often seen in AIDS patients

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Kaposi sarcoma

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Washing out of a hallow cavity, tube or organ

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Lavage

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An organism or a disease in a host with lower resistance

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Opportunistic

80
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Virus that replicates in a host cell by converting its RNA core into DNA

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Retrovirus

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Group of infectious agents that require living cells for growth and reproduction

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Virus

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Pertaining to or caused by a virus

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Viral

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