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1
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Aden/o

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Gland

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Angi/o

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Vessel (blood or lymph)

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Hem/o

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Blood

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hist/o

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tissue

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immun/o

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immune

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lymph/o

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lymph

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splen/o

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spleen

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thym/o

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thymus gland

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tox/o

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poison

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ana-

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against, up, back

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

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-gen

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forming, producing, origin

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-oid

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resembling

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-poiesis

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formation, production

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-rrhage

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bursting forth of

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B-cells

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cell that makes antibodies

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T-cells

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lymphoid cell that attacks invading cells

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Antibody

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made in response to foreign antigens

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Antigen

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protein marker on a cell

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Pathogen

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disease causing agent

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23
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functions of the lymphatic system

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  1. provide immunity by protecting against disease
  2. identity and kill pathogens and tumor cells
  3. produce white blood cells and antibodies
  4. filters out organisms that cause disease
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Structures of the lymphatic system

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  1. tonsils and adenoids
  2. lymph nodes
  3. spleen
  4. lymph vessels
  5. leukocytes
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location of tonsils and adenoids

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either side of the throat

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tonsils and adenoids function

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destroy harmful organisms that enter the body through mouth

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27
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lymph vessels are similar to what in the circulatory system

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veins

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28
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lymph vessels are one directional towards what

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the heart

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29
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lymph vessels have:

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valves

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30
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fluid from ___ spaces flow into lymph vessels

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interstitial

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31
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fluid is pushed through lymph vessels by what type of contractions

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skeletal muscle contractions

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32
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lymph fluid is eventually dumped into where

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internal jugular and subclavian veins in circulatory system

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spleen is the smallest or largest lymph organ

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largest

34
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spleen is similar to what but larger

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lymph nodes

35
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what is the spleen filled with

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lymphocytes

36
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spleen serves as a what for blood

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reservoir

37
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the spleen does what for the blood and lymph

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filters or cleans

38
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lymph nodes do what to foreign particles

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filters or traps

39
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lymph nodes contain what

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white blood cells

40
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where are lymph nodes found

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throughout the body: neck, armpit, chest, abdomen, elbows, groin, and knees along lymphatic vessels

41
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white blood cells are also known as

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leukocytes

42
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leukocytes protect against what

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infection and disease

43
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leukocytes are produced where

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bone marrow

44
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leukocytes move where until needed to fight infection

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other parts of the body

45
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leukocytes are NOT released into the ___ until needed

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bloodstream

46
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red blood cells are also known as

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erythrocytes

47
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red blood cells are what kind of discs with no nucleus

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bioconave

48
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erythrocytes contain:

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hemoglobin

49
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erythrocytes carry

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oxygen

50
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erythrocytes have what on the surface of each cell

A

antigens

51
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there are more than how many antigens found in blood cells

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30

52
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the most common blood typing groups are:

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ABO group and Rh group (the + and -)

53
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platelets are also known as:

A

thrombocytes

54
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thrombocytes are the ___ formed element of blood

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smallest

55
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platelets/thrombocytes respond to what

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chemicals released from damaged blood vessels making them sticky

56
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platelets/thrombocytes form what

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clots

57
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AIDS is caused by what

A

HIV

58
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AIDS is the final stage of what infection

A

HIV

59
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is there a cure for AIDS

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no

60
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what does HIV affect within the immune system

A

T-cells

61
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what part of the T-cells does HIV attack

A

RNA

62
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HIV causes T-cells to alter it’s what to become HIV

A

DNA

63
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Lupus is what kind of disorder

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autoimmune

64
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lupus affects what kind of systems

A

organ systems including skin

65
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Lupus symptoms may include:

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fever, weight loss, rash on face, sensitivity to sunlight, arthritis, swollen glands, seizures

66
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lupus treatment

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no cure but medications such as NSAIDS may help treat

67
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mono can be fatal due to what

A

ruptured spleen during activity

68
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mono is an infectious inflammatory disease caused by what

A

epstein-barr virus

69
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disease of a gland

A

adenopathy

70
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immunogen

A

producing immunity

71
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lymphocytepoiesis

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formation of lymphocytes or lymph tissue

72
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anaphylaxis

A

against protection

73
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lymphohistocyte

A

cell of lymph tissue

74
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herniation of tissue

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histocele

75
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angioplasty

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surgical repair of a vessel

76
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histogenic

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pertaining to production of tissue

77
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hemopoiesis

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production of blood

78
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adenoma

A

tumor of a gland

79
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herniation of a vessel

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angicele

80
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adenoids are above or below the tonsils

A

above

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