IS Lymphocytes and Lymphoid Organs Flashcards
- primary cell involved in the immune response
- matures in the primary lymphoid organs
Lymphocytes
?% of circulating WBCs does lymphocytes represent
20-40%
size of lymphocytes?
7-10 um
round; large, w/ dense chromatin that stains deep blue
Nucleus
sparse, few organelles, no specific granules, light blue staining
Cytoplasm
what are the primary lymphoid organs?
Bone Marrow and Thymus
- primary site of hematopoiesis
- site of B cell development
- main source of HSCs
Bone Marrow
- found in the thorax, inferior to the thyroid gland and anterior to the heart
- site of T cell development
Thymus
- where lymphocytes spends most of its lifespan
- sites of antigen-dependent lymphopoiesis
Secondary Lymphoid Organs
- indiscriminate filter of the blood
- largest secondary lymphoid organ
Spleen
where is the spleen located?
Upper left quadrant of the abdomen
graveyard of old and dying RBCs
Red Pulp
contains lymphoid tissues arranged around arterioles in a periarteriolar lymphoid sheath (PALS)
White Pulp
- Main function: filtration
- central collecting points for lymph fluid from adjacent tissues
- located along lymphatic ducts
Lymph Nodes
main function of lymph nodes?
Filtration
found in gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urogenital tracts
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT)
responds to pathogens entering the respiratory and alimentary tracts
Tonsils
association of intra-epidermal lymphocytes (mostly T cells)
Cutaneous-associated lymphoid tissue
antigen contact in the lymph nodes leads to lymphocyte proliferation and activation of other cells, causing lymphadenitis
Lymphadenopathy
- rearrangement of genes that code for the heavy & light chains
- antigen-independent phase
Pro-B cell
what chromosome?
heavy chain
Chromosome 14
what chromosome?
light chain
Chromosome 2 and 22
systhesis of heavy chain in?
cytoplasm
expresses μ heavy chain associated with 2 “surrogate light chains”
Pre-B cell
- complete IgM on cell surface
- self-antigens send a negative signal to these cells
- self-reactive cells are destroyed by apoptosis
Immature b cell
what kind of signal is sent to the cells by self-antigens?
Negative
rearrangement of genes in either what chromosome?
Chromosome 2 or 22
- they mature as marginal zone B cells or follicular B cells
- expresses IgD
Mature Naive B cell
marginal zone B cells reamin where?
Spleen
migrates to lymph nodes and other lymphoid organs
Follicular B cells