Lymph and immune system Flashcards
Where does the majority of your lymph system drain into?
The left subclavian vein
Where does the lymph from head, neck and right arm and should drain into?
The right subclavian
How doe lymph get returned to the body?
Tunica media with thin layer of smooth muscle that goes through a periistalic wave contraction, skeletal muscle pump, thoracic pump
What is Mucosa-Assocaited Lymphatic Tissue
they are diffusely organized lymphoid tissue. In all mucous opening to fight pathogens entering the body. In lungs, airways, vagina. But most often talked about in the Gut.
What are the levels of organization of lymph cluster?
cell, MALT, lymph node
What are the maximal amount of effect vessels out of the lymph nodes. What is the function of that?
2 efferent. The make it so that the lymph must circulate throughout the lymph node and the sinusoidal cells.
What are components of lymph nodes?
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Thympoeitin
increase production of T-lymphocytes
Tymosin
Allow T cells to gain immunocompinance (clonal selection)
Thymus histology
Hassal’s corpuscles Thymic corpuscles
Spleen..
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White Pulp
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Red pulp
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What are the two types of immunity?
Specific and non-specific
What is another name for the specific immune system?
Adaptive
What is another name for the non-specific and what does it do?
Innate. It only recognizes self from non-self
What is another name for the specific immune system?
Adaptive. It has memory
What are mechanical parts of the non-specific immune system?
skin (hard, warm, dry), mucous membrane (sit of swallow), tears sweat saliva, washes things away
What are chemical protections?
Acid mantle (everything that comes out of you is at max 6.5 or down to 4) , sebum is antimicrobial, lysosomes that help break down bacterial cell walls
Which Leukocytes are non-specific?
Neutrophils and Eosinophils
What trigger neutrophils to an area?
Histamine
What are non-specific internal defenses?
Interferons, complement proteins, transferrins
How do eosinophils work
They attack and antigen-antibody complex (anything that has aired been tagged)
Describe interferons
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Complement proteins
? best defenses against bacteria
What is the role of Transferrins in the immune system?
help keep iron unavailable for bacteria
What is phagocytosis? / Phagocytes?
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What are the 4 signs of inflammation
Heat, redness, swelling, pain
Diapedisis
In Neutrophils?
Margination
In Neutrophils?
Why even small abscesses dangerous?
The anaerobic bacteria have exotoxins the can be deadly
What releases Perforins? What is their structure?
Natural Killer cells Hydrophilic ends and hydrophobic middle.
How do perforins work?
They link together to create a ring that causes a hot in an enemy cell and causes it to lyse. They also destroy DNA so it can be picked up and be cancerous