Chapter 2: Listen to Learn Lymphatic and Immune Systems

Question 1

What is Allergen?

Answer 1

Is a substance that produces an allergic reaction in an individual.

Question 2

What is Anaphylaxis?

Answer 2

Is a severe response to an allergen in which the symptoms develop quickly. Without help, the patient can die within a few minutes.

Question 3

What is Antibody?

Answer 3

Is a disease fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of a specific antigen.

Question 4

What is an Antigen Antibody reaction?

Answer 4

An antigen antibody reaction involves the binding of antigens to antibodies, also knows as the immune reaction.

Question 5

What is an Antigen?

Answer 5

Is any substance that the body regards as being foreign.

Question 6

What is an Autoimmune Disorder?

Answer 6

Is any of the large group of diseases characterized by a condition in which the immune system produces antibodies to work against its own tissues.

Question 7

What are Bacilli?

Answer 7

They are rod-shaped spore-forming bacteria that cause diseases such as tuberculosis and tetanus.

Question 8

What is a Bacteria?

Answer 8

Bacteria are a group of one-celled microscopic organisms, some of which cause diseases in humans.

Question 9

What is Carcinoma in situ?

Answer 9

Describes a malignant tumor in its original position that has not yet invaded the surrounding tissues.

Question 10

What is Carcinoma?

Answer 10

A malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue.

Question 11

What is Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma?

Answer 11

Is breast cancer that starts in the milk duct, breaks through the wall of that duct, and invades the surrounding fatty breast tissue.

Question 12

What is Metastasis?

Answer 12

The noun that describes the new cancer site that results from the spreading process.

Question 13

What is Metastasize?

Answer 13

The verb that describes the process by how cancer spreads from one place to another.

Question 14

What is Rickettsia?

Answer 14

Is a small bacterium that lives in lice, fleas, ticks, and mites. Can be transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected tick.

Question 15

What is a Sarcoma?

Answer 15

A malignant tumor that arises from connective tissue.

Question 16

What is Spirochetes?

Answer 16

Are spiral-shaped bacteria that have flexible walls and are capable of movement.

Question 17

What are Staphylococci?

Answer 17

Are bacteria that form irregular groups or clusters.

Question 18

What are Streptococci?

Answer 18

Are bacteria that form a chain.

Question 19

What is Toxoplasmosis?

Answer 19

Is a parasite that is most commonly transmitted from pets to humans by contact with contaminated feces. If a woman contracts this condition during pregnancy, it can result in abnormalities in the developing child such as microcephalus, or hydrocephalus.

Question 20

What is Varicella?

Answer 20

A disease caused by a herpes virus that is highly contagious, also known as chickenpox.