Lymphatic and Immune System

Question 1

Components of Lymphatic System - works with immune system - 7

Answer 1

Thymus
Spleen largest organ
Lymph nodes
Lymph nodes
interstitial fluid
adenoid
stonsils

Question 2

Immune System

Answer 2

protects against pathogens

Question 3

Pathogen

Answer 3

disease causing organism or virus
Bacteria, fungi, virus toxins, parasites, cancer

Question 4

Lymphatic System

Answer 4

network of connecting vessels that lymph flows thru
lymphatic vessels, lymph capillaries, lymph nodes

Question 5

Functions of lymph syste

Answer 5

collects fluid
starts immune response
delivers the fluid
removes pathogens

Question 6

Lymph nodes - about

Answer 6

small glandular structures
located in neck, axilla and groin
produces and stores lymphocytes
enlarged in infections

Question 7

Lymph nodules - about

Answer 7

masses of tissue in lymph nodes that contain macrophages and lymph nodes
also in spleen and tonsils

Question 8

Thymus - about

Answer 8

located posterior to sternum
functions to make lymphocyte called Tcells
Assists with production of lymphocytes for childs immune system
when immune system becomes functional the thymus becomes non existent

Question 9

Spleen

Answer 9

largest lymphatic organ
upper left quadrant

Question 10

Tissue fluid and Lymph

Answer 10

interstitial fluid in spaces between cells

Question 11

Lymph fluid moves by

Answer 11

squeezing action of skeletal muscles

Question 12

Inflammation

Answer 12

first response to pathogen immune system is activated

Question 13

Antigens

Answer 13

foreign molecules that are recognized by the immune system

Question 14

T cells

Answer 14

fighter cells, attack cells

Question 15

B cells

Answer 15

make antibodies

Question 16

Vaccines give body…

Answer 16

virus so Tcells attack and Bcells make antibodies

Question 17

Natural aquired immunity

Answer 17

natural exposure to antigen; body makes antibodies against disease

Question 18

Artifical Aquired Immunity - passive

Answer 18

immunity develops due to medical intervention - vaccine
Injected with pathogen and body makes antibodies and B cells (memory)

Question 19

Natural Acquired Passive Immunity

Answer 19

Antibodies passed along thru placenta from mother to child

Question 20

Articially Aquired Passive Immunity

Answer 20

Patient injected with antibodies or infusion made by someone else (Monoclonal antibodies)

Question 21

Anaphylaxis

Answer 21

Life threatening allergic response requires epinephrine

Question 22

Autoimmune disease

Answer 22

immune system mistakenly attacks body
immune system mistakes part of body as foreign

Question 23

examples of autoimmune disease

Answer 23

Graves Disease
Lupus
MS
RA
Type 1 Diabetes
Guillian barr syndrome

Question 24

Immunocompetent

Answer 24

Normal functioning immune system

Question 25

Immunodeficient, immunocompromised, immunosupressed

Answer 25

body’s ability to fight disease is compromised or absent

Question 26

Opportunistic infections

Answer 26

opens body up to infections a normal immune system would be able to fight off

Question 27

AIDS - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Answer 27

Destroys T Cells

Question 28

Lymphadema

Answer 28

blockage of lymphatic vessels resulting in tissue swelling

Question 29

Mononucleosis

Answer 29

Contagious viral infection cause by Epstein Barr virus

Question 30

Systemic Lupus Erythmatosus (SLE) - 7

Answer 30

Women more than men
Butterfly rash on face
Anemia
Fatigue
joint pain
fever
organ damage

Question 31

Celiac disease

Answer 31

chronic digestive and immune disorder damages small intestine
headache, fatigue, abdominal pain afte gluten, weight loss, diarrhea, constipation, foul smelling stools

Question 32

Antigen

Answer 32

foreign substance body does not recognize