Lymphatic System/ Immunity

Question 1

What’s the functions of the lymphatic system

Answer 1

To drain excess interstitial fluid
To destroy microbes and foreign cells
To transport lipids and fat soluble vits from small intestine into the blood

Question 2

How does lymph form

Answer 2

Plasma leaks out of blood capillaries and is excess interstitial fluid that flows into lymph capillaries

Question 3

What is the flow of lymph?

Answer 3

Lymph vessels carry lumph to lymph nodes and then to lymph ducts and from there into the bloodstream

Question 4

What can affect the flow of lymph

Answer 4

• Movement of skeletal muscle pumps
• Respiratory pumps
• presence of valves in vessels
• rate of formation of lymph

Question 5

What an immune response?

Answer 5

It’s the response to the introduction of foreign substance into the body or cellular changes

Question 6

What’s the difference between passive and active immunity?

Answer 6

Active is when the body’s B lymphocytes produce antibodies in response to antigens and passive is when ready made antibodies are introduced into the body

Question 7

What’s the function of lymph nodes?

Answer 7

They contain macrophages that destroy pathogens and stimulate antibodies

Question 8

What’s the function of lymphocytes

Answer 8

B lymphocytes develop into antibody producing plasma cells or provide immunity

Question 9

What’s the function of a fever in response to an infection?

Answer 9

The hypothalamus raises the core body temperature in an attempt to make reproducing and living conditions of pathogens uncomfortable and nonlivable