Lymphatic And Immune System Flashcards
Select the term that is spelled correctly:
- anaphylaxis
- anaphilaxis
Anaphylaxis
Formation of lymph:
- lymphopoesis
- lymphopoiesis
- lymphopeosis
Lymphopoiesis
Computerized x-ray imaging in the transverse plane:
- CT scan
- Lymphangiogram
- Ultrasonography
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Lymphadenectomy
CT scan
Protozoal (parasitic) infection associated with AIDS that may cause pneumonitis, hepatitis, and encephalitis:
- Kaposi sarcoma
- Herpes simplex
- Cryptococcus
- Toxoplasmosis
- Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly carinii) pneumonia
Toxoplasmosis
Collection of fluid in tissues:
- lymphaedmea
- lypmhfedema
- lymphedema
Lymphedema
Lymph production
- Lymphocytopenia
- Lymphadenitis
- Lymphedema
- Lymphopoiesis
- Lymphoid
Lymphopoiesis
Slight increase in numbers of lymphocytes:
- Lymphocytopenia
- Lymphopoiesis
- Lymphoid
- Lymphocytosis
- Lymphedema
Lymphocytosis
Cancer arising from the lining cells of capillaries, producing purplish skin nodules:
- Kaposi sarcoma
- Herpes simplex
- Cryptococcus
- Toxoplasmosis
- Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly carinii) pneumonia
Kaposi sarcoma
An immune response in which B cells transform into plasma cells and secrete antibodies is known as
_______immunity.
- cell-mediated
- humoral
Humoral
Malignant tumor of lymph nodes:
- Sarcoidosis
- Lymphedema
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Hypersplenism
- Lymphocytopenia
Hodgkin lymphoma
“Disorder in which the immune system is suppressed by exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)”
- AIDS
- allergen
- anaphylaxis
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- hypersplenism
- lymphedema
- lymphoid organs
AIDS
Lymphocytes contained in the thymus gland that act on antigens:
- B cells
- T cells
- macrophages
T cells
Found within lymphatic vessels and surrounding tissues throughout the body
- allergen
- anaphylaxis
- atopy
- interstitial fluid
- cell-mediated immunity
- immunoglobulins
- immunosuppression
Interstitial fluid
“Group of infectious diseases associated with AIDS”
- ELISA
- immunoelectrophoresis
- opportunistic infections
- helper T cells
- zidovudine
Opportunistic infections
Interstitial fluid:
- Contains antibodies produced by white blood cells
- Contains red and white blood cells
- Is found in the spaces between cells and becomes lymph when it enters lymph capillaries
- Is present in connective tissue
- Contains blood-clotting factors
Is found in the spaces between cells and becomes lymph when it enters lymph capillaries