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Histology Of Lymphatic System Flashcards

1
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The lymphatic system is composed of?

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Lymphoid organs and lymphatic vessels

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The lymphatic vessels drain into the?

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Systemic circulation

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Large aggregation of lymphocytes forms?

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Lymphoid organs

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Lymphoid organs contain___&___

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Lymphatic nodules

Diffuse lymphatic tissues

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Lymphoid organs can be divided into two groups namely?

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Primary lymphoid organs (central lymphoid organs)

Secondary lymphoid organs (peripheral lymphoid organs)

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Centres of the immune system where lymphocyte development and maturation occur are called?

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Primary lymphoid organs

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The undifferentiated stem cells develop into?

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B-lymphocytes

T-lymphocytes

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Primary lymphoid organs include?

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Bone marrow and thymus

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T-lymphocyte maturation occurs in the?

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Thymus

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B-lymphocyte maturation occurs in the?

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Bone marrow

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Locations of immune system where lymphocytes are functionally specialized by coming in contact with different antigens are called?

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Secondary lymphoid organs

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Examples of secondary lymphoid organs are?

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Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)
Lymph nodes
Spleen
Tonsils etc

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13
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The three cells of the lymphoid system are?

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B-lymphocyte
T-lymphocyte
Null cells

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14
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What activates naive B-cells and naive T-cells?

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Antigens

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Activated B-cells differentiate into?

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Plasma cells and memory cells

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Memory cells differentiate into plasma cells that produce____ to participate in the humoral immune response

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Antibodies

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Activated T-cells differentiate into?

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Central Memory T cells and effector T cells

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Central Memory T-cells secrete ____ that stimulates B-cells to proliferate

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Interleukin-2

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T-cells that express chemokine receptor surface molecules are called?

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Central memory T cells

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T-cells that don’t express chemokine receptor surface molecules are called?

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Effector memory T-cells

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Effector memory T-cells secrete___

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Interleukin-4

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The secretion of interleukin-4 stimulates

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B cells and increase immunoglobulin G and immunoglobulin M

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Effector memory T-cells differentiate into?

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Effector T-cells

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Cells that promote antibody production and stimulate proliferation of eosinophil and mast cells is called?

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Helper T-cells

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Effector T-Cells that promote antibody production and stimulate proliferation of eosinophil and mast cells is called?

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Helper T-cells

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Effector T-Cells that kill tumor cells, transplanted cells etc are called?

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Cytotoxic T-cells

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Effector T-Cells that are involved in immunological tolerance are called?

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Regulatory or Suppressor T cells

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Examples of effector T-Cells are?

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Helper T-cells (secrete IL-2,IL-4 etc)
Cytotoxic T-cells
Regulatory or suppressor T-cells

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Null cells include?

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Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cells

Natural killer cells (NK cells)

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The function of Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cells is to?

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Function as stem cells and give rise to various types of blood cells

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The function of natural killer cells is to?

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Kill invading target cells such as tumour cells

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32
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Antigen presenting cells are?

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macrophages

Dendritic cells etc

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33
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A soft, highly vascular and flexible connective tissue which serve as the primary site of hematopoiesis is called?

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Bone marrow

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34
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Two types of bone marrow are?

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Red bone marrow

Yellow bone marrow

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35
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The marrow that is responsible for the formation of blood cells as it contains blood and blood forming cells is called?

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Red bone marrow

36
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The inactive bone marrow that contains great number of adipose cells is called?

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Yellow bone marrow

37
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The 3 structures of the bone marrow are?

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Stroma
Sinusoidal capillaries
Hematopoietic cords

38
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Wide thin walled blood capillaries lined by fenestrated endothelial cells with discontinuous basement membrane are called?

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Sinusoidal capillaries

39
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____ are formed of hematopoietic cells which are population of developing blood cells

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Hematopoietic cords

40
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The stroma is formed from?

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Cells(macrophages, reticular cells etc)
Fibres(collagen & reticular)
Intercellular substance(glycoprotein & proteoglycans)

41
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The visible part of the red bone marrow under microscope are the?

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Blood Sinusoids(thin white spaces)
Adipocytes( large white circles)
Megakaryoblast( large dark circles)
Megakaryocyte
Myelocytes
Normoblasts
Erythroblast
42
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A bilobed gland located in the superior mediastinum is called?

43
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The thymus gradually atrophies to be replaced by ____ after puberty

44
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Four microscopic features of thymus are?

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Capsule of connective tissue covering both lobes
Numerous septa from the capsule divide it into lobules
Each lobule consists of peripheral cortex & central medulla
Septa contains blood vessels

45
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The thymus is divided into two namely?

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Cortex

Medulla

46
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The peripheral dark zone mainly composed of densely packed T-lymphocytes is called?

47
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Other cells in the cortex are called?

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Epithelial Reticular cells

Macrophages

48
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The central lighter zone of each lobule with Hassal or thymic corpuscles & concentrically arranged epithiocytes is called?

49
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3 properties of epithelial reticular cells are?

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They are interconnected with each other to hold T-lymphocytes together
They are classified into six types based on their functions and locations
Types I to III are located in the cortex, while types IV to VI are located in the medulla

50
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The barrier that prevents antigen circulating in the blood from coming in contact with thymic lymphocytes is called?

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Blood-thymus barrier

51
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The blood-thymus barrier consists of?

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Endothelium of capillaries
Thick basement membrane
Layer of epithelial reticular cells

52
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Bean-shaped structures present in the course of the lymphatic vessels are called?

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Lymph nodes

53
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Lymph nodes consist of?

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Capsule
Cortex
Medulla
Various sinuses

54
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The lymph nodes capsule is made up of __1__ and gives rise to __2__

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Reticular Connective tissue

Numerous trabeculae

55
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The darkly stained peripheral part of the lymph node underneath the capsule is called?

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The lymph node cortex

56
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The lymph node cortex is divided into?

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Outer cortex

Inner cortex

57
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The lymph node cortex consists of?

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Lymphocytes(packed)
Plasma cells
Macrophages

58
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The outer cortex consists of ____, ____and a _____ for B-lymphocytes proliferation

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B-lymphocytes
Germinal centre
Lymphoid nodule

59
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The inner cortex is also known as the?

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Paracortex(thymus dependent cortex)

60
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The inner cortex consists of?

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T-lymphocytes

61
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The inner cortex surrounds the?

62
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Two properties of lymph medulla are?

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Light stained central part of the lymph node

Consists of medullary cord and sinuses

63
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Extensions of the inner cortex separated by medullary sinuses are called?

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Medullary cords

64
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The largest lymphoid organ is called the?

65
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The parenchyma of spleen consists of?

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White pulp
Red pulp
Marginal zone

66
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The connective tissue of the spleen is called?

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Reticular dense connective tissue

67
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The white pulp consists of?

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Central artery

Lymphatic nodule

68
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The dark ring region around the Germinal centre is called the?

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Mantle zone

69
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The region that surrounds the white pulp is called the?

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Marginal zone

70
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The red pulp is divided into two components namely?

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Red pulp cords

Sinusoids

71
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Red pulp cords are also called?

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Cords of billroth

72
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Irregular anastomosing cords surrounding the Sinusoids are called?

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Red pulp cords

73
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Two properties of red pulp Sinusoids are?

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Wide lumen

Elongated and parallel endothelial cells

74
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The lymphatic tissues found in the mucosa of the digestive, respiratory and genito-urinary tracts are called?

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Mucosa-associated lymphatic tissues

75
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Mucosa-associated lymphatic tissues is divided into?

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Gut-associated lymphatic tissues(GALT)

Bronchus-associated lymphatic tissues(BALT)

76
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The lymphatic tissues found in the respiratory tract is called?

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Bronchus-associated lymphatic tissues(BALT)

77
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The lymphatic tissues found in the digestive tract such as tonsils, large intestine etc are called?

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Gut-associated lymphatic tissues(GALT)

78
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Features of mucosa-associated lymphatic tissues are?

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Presence of lymphatic nodules with germinal centres
Lymphoid tissues lie in the lamina propria
They are centres of lymphocyte production

79
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Collections of lymphoid tissues near the junction of the oral cavity with the pharynx are called?

80
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The largest tonsils are the?

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Left and right palatine tonsils

81
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The Left and right palatine tonsils are found?

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On either side of the oropharyngeal isthmus

82
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The pharyngeal tonsil is found on the?

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Posterior wall of the pharynx

83
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The lingual tonsils are found on the?

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Dorsum of the posterior part of the tongue

84
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The tubal tonsils are found around the?

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Pharyngeal openings of the auditory tubes

85
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The epithelium of palatine tonsils is?

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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