Lymphatic and Immune Systems

Question 1

anti-

Answer 1

against

Question 2

aden/o

Answer 2

gland

Question 3

carcin/o

Answer 3

cancerous

Question 4

immun/o

Answer 4

immune, protection, safe

Question 5

lymph/o

Answer 5

lymph

Question 6

lymphaden/o

Answer 6

lymph node or gland

Question 7

lymphangi/o

Answer 7

lymphatic vessels and ducts

Question 8

lymphocyt/o

Answer 8

lymphocytes

Question 9

myel/o

Answer 9

bone marrow or spinal cord

Question 10

-oma

Answer 10

tumor, neoplasm

Question 11

onc/o

Answer 11

tumor

Question 12

phag/o

Answer 12

eat, swallow

Question 13

sarc/o

Answer 13

flesh, connective tissue

Question 14

splen/o

Answer 14

spleen

Question 15

thym/o

Answer 15

thymus gland

Question 16

-tic

Answer 16

pertaining to

Question 17

tonsill/o

Answer 17

tonsils

Question 18

adenoid/o

Answer 18

adenoids

Question 19

allergen

Answer 19

substance that produces an allergic response in an individual

Question 20

antibiotics

Answer 20

medications capable of inhibiting growth or killing pathogenic bacteria

Question 21

antibody

Answer 21

disease-fighting protein created by the immune system in response to the presence of a specific antigen

Question 22

antifungal

Answer 22

agent that destroys or inhibits fungal growth

Question 23

antigen

Answer 23

any substance the body regards as foreign

Question 24

bacteria

Answer 24

one-celled microscopic organisms

Question 25

benign

Answer 25

something that is not life-threatening and does not recur

Question 26

carcinoma

Answer 26

a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue

Question 27

immunosuppressant

Answer 27

substance that prevents or reduces the body’s normal immune response

Question 28

lymphadenitis

Answer 28

inflammation of the lymph nodes

Question 29

lymphadenopathy

Answer 29

any disease process affecting a lymph node or nodes

Question 30

lymphedema

Answer 30

swelling of the tissues due to abnormal accumulation of lymph fluid within tissues

Question 31

lymphoma

Answer 31

general term applied to malignancies affecting lymphoid tissues

Question 32

malignant

Answer 32

becoming progressively worse and life-threatening

Question 33

metastasis

Answer 33

the new cancer site that results from the spreading process.

the processes by which cancer is spread

Question 34

myoma

Answer 34

benign tumor made up of muscle tissue

Question 35

myosarcoma

Answer 35

malignant tumor derived from muscle tissue

Question 36

parasite

Answer 36

a plant or animal that lives on or within another living organism at the expense of that organism

Question 37

sarcoma

Answer 37

malignant tumor that arises from connective tissue

Question 38

splenomegaly

Answer 38

abnormal enlargement of the spleen