Lymphatic and Immune System KEY TERMS

Question 1

blast/o

Answer 1

immature, embryonic

Question 2

carcin/o

Answer 2

cancerous

Question 3

cervic/o

Answer 3

neck

Question 4

-cide

Answer 4

causing death

Question 5

-genesis

Answer 5

creation, reproduction

Question 6

immun/o

Answer 6

immune, protection, safe

Question 7

-lytic

Answer 7

to reduce, destroy

Question 8

neo-

Answer 8

new, strange

Question 9

-oma

Answer 9

tumor

Question 10

onc/o

Answer 10

tumor

Question 11

phag/o

Answer 11

eat, swallow

Question 12

-plasm

Answer 12

formative material of cells

Question 13

sarc/o

Answer 13

flesh, connective tissue

Question 14

splen/o

Answer 14

spleen

Question 15

-tic

Answer 15

pertaining to

Question 16

lymph fluid

Answer 16

inter-cellular fluid that removes waste products from the cells

Question 17

lymph nodes

Answer 17

small bean-shaped structures that provide a site for lymphocyte production

Question 18

tonsils

Answer 18

masses of lymphatic tissue that form a protective ring around the nose and upper throat

Question 19

spleen

Answer 19

a saclike mass of lymphatic tissue that filters microorganisms and other foreign material from the blood. Located in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen.

Question 20

lymphocytes

Answer 20

specialized white blood cells that protect the body against disease