Lymph Flashcards

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T or F. Lymph vessels and fenestrated.

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No.

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Lymph vessels are a _____ layer of epithelial cells with an incomplete _______ lamina.

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single

basal

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Causes of lymphedema.

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Blockade of vessel due to
filiarisis tropical parasite
cellulitis
breast (lymph node dissection)

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Lymphangitis has bacterial growth so rapid that local and systemic tissue destruction includes

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abscesses
cellulitis
septicemia
red streaks

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What are some components of innate immunity?

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NK
neutrophils
macrophages
complement

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What can be described by specificity, diversity, memory, self/nonself recognition?

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Adaptive immunity.

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What is the order of Igs made in response to stimulus?

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MADGE

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What’s special about IgM?

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isotope formed in primary response

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IgA is a _______ antibody in tears, salive, gut, nasal.

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secretory.

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what does IgD activate?

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B cells.

Immunoglobulin Dave activates Buster.

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Which Ig is most common and is for opsonization for NK?

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IgG

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what does IgE do?

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for degranulate mast and basophil

beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

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what are the primary lymphoid organs?

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Thymus, bone marrow

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What are the secondary lymphoid organs?

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Lymph nodes, spleen, malt

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Which are the encapsulated lymph organs?

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thymus, spleen, lymph nodes.

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Thymocytes enter the _____ via the ______.

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cortex

corticomedullary junction of trabeculae.

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Cortex contains what types of cells?

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macrophages, apcs, epithelial reticular cells.

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What is positive and negative selection of thymocytes in thymus?

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positively select for those that can recognize mhc 1 and 2

negatively select for self recognition

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immunocompetent naive T cells migrate out of the medulla via

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venues and efferent lymphatic vessels

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The medulla is characterized by

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hassalls corpuscles

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Maturation of thymocytes in cortex stimulated by hormones of

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epithelial reticular cells

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T or F. Thymoctytes leave the cortex as naive, immunocompetent mature T cells.

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True.

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What isolates thymocytes from exposure to antigens/blood borne macromolecules?

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blood thymus barrier

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What does a Treg failure do?

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predisposes to autoimmune, since Tregs help thymocytes recognize self.

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the adult thymus is sucky and full of
adipocytes.
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Whats darker on HE stain, medulla or cortex?
cortex.
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NK cells last only
2 weeks.
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helper T cells last
26 weeks
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B cells can last from 10 days to ___ months.
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Only 2% of thymocytes actually survive to mature. Why?
Worth the variety.
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APCs that find antigen migrate to the nearest ____ to present its findings.
lymph node
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If antigen recognized and B cell activated, B cell migrates to _____ and proliferates, forming a _____ and ____.
primary lymphoid nodule | germinal center, secondary lymphoid nodule
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Capsule surrounding lymph node is made of
dense collagenous connective tissue.
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B and T cells enter the _____ from endothelial venules.
paracortex.
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from the paracortex, B cells migrate to ___ .
cortex
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In the cortex, B cells form _____ and upon activation, form ___________.
primary lymphoid nodules | secondary lymphoid nodules, germinal centers
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After secondary lymphoid, activated B cells go to _____ and exit via ____.
medulla | medullary sinuses and then efferent lymphatic vessel.
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Where do plasma BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB cells go after leaving medulla??
???????????????? | bone marrow to make Ab.
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Memory BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBy cells go to ______
secondary lymph organs
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APCs and DCs present antigen to T cells in what part of the lymph node? antigen presentation activates Th cells and stimulates ______.
paracortex. | proliferation.
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Spherical aggregates of B cells located in the
cortex.
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Where do B cells switch Ig class?
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGerminal centers
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B cells that dont make right sIg becomes
phagocytosed by macrophage
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The dark zone of germinal center is for ___ and ___ of B cells.
clonal expansion and hypersomatic mutation
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The light zone of a germinal center is for __ and __ for B cells.
selection, differentiation and class switching
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What is the point of B and T cell exit of the lymph nodule
medullary sinus of the medulla.
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What does the spleen do?
lymphoid cell proliferation destroys aged platelets and erythrocytes fetal hematopoeisis
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The splenic artery enters at the ___
hilum
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The ___ and ____ suspend the reticular connective tissue that forms architectural framework of spleen.
capsule and trabeculae.
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Which pulp of the spleen is for filtration?
red pulp. macrophages and phagocytes take aged erythrocytes and platelets
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Which pulp is for antigen presentation, t and B cell proliferation.
White.
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What are the open circulation of red pulp called? closed circulation?
Open splenic cord of bilroth (spongy reticular) | closed splenic sinus (spaces)
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B and T cells enter spleen via
marginal zone.
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After the marginal zone, B and T cells migrate to the _____ of the ____ pulp.
PALS (central artery) of the White pulp.
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Where do B cells go after PALS. what happens here.
lymph nodules (in spleen?) apc presentation, proliferation.
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In the spleen, where is T cell APC presentation?
in PALS.
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Where do B and T cells exit spleen??? Exit in lymph node?
via marginal sinuses in marginal zone. | via medullary sinus.
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Marginal zone surrounds the
white pulp
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What kinds of cells are in the marginal zone?
plasma cells, B and T cells, macrophages, Dc, apcs.
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What are Peyers patches?
GALT. lymphoid follicles of ileum. B cells surrounded by T cells and APCs.
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Where are M cells and what do they do?
epithelial lining of lymphoid follicles of GALT/BALT, capture antigens and give them to macrophages of Peyers patches etc.
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Where is balt located?
Brochi
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What are the invaginations of the palatine tonsil called?
crypts
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Tonsils composed of incompletely encapsulated lymph nodules that guard pharynx from airborne antigen
yes.