lymphoid system Flashcards
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Percentage of lymphocytes in circulating bc
20 to 40 %
Lymphocyte tructur
The typical small lymphocyte:
✓ 7 and 10 μm in diameter
✓ has a large rounded nucleus that may be
somewhat indented
✓ nuclear chromatin is dense and tends to stain a
deep blue
Largest tissue of the body (1300-1500g) in the adult
Bone marrow
Fills the core of all long bones and is the main source of
hematopoietic stem cells
Bone marrow
Small, flat, bilobed organ found in the thorax, or chest
cavity, right below the thyroid gland and overlying the
heart
Thymus
In humans, it weighs an average of 30 g at birth, reaches
about 35 g at puberty, and then gradually atrophies.
Thymus
Hormones produce by thymus
Thymosine and thmopoietin
Major Organ of Antibody synthesis
Spleen
Large discriminating filter, as it removes old and damaged cells
and foreign antigens from the blood.
Spleen
argest secondary lymphoid organ, having a length of
approximately 12 cm and weighing 150 g in the adult
Spleen
Spleen consists of
Consist of Red pulp and White pulp
Red pulp
- contains more than half of spleen volume
White pulp
- 20% of total volume of spleen
- has antibodies
- PALS marginal zone,Primary ollicle
Central collecting points for lymph fluid from adjacent tissues.
Lymph node
filtrate of the blood and arises from the passage of
water and low-molecular-weight solutes out of blood vessel walls
and into the interstitial spaces between cells.
Lymph fluid
Numerous near joints and where the arms and legs join the
body.
Lymph node
Parts of node tssue
Node tissue:
◦ Cortex – Outer portion
- contains macrophages and aggregations of B cells.
- specialized cells: follicular dendritic cells
◦ Paracortex – Region between follicles and medulla
◦ Medulla – Inner portion
Found in the mucous membrane lining of the oral and pharyngeal
cavities
Tonsils
H High concentration of Lymphocytes
Appendix
malt
Found in the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urogenital tracts
◦ Specialized type of MALT : PEYER’S PATCHES IN THE INTESTINES
◦ Epidermis contains a number of intraepidermal lymphocytes
CUTANEOUS-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE
(CALT)
Proteins that appear on cell surfaces can be
used as markers to differentiate T cells and B
cells.
Surface marker
Panels of antibodies from different
laboratories were used for analysis, and antibodies reacting similarly with standard cell lines were said to define. As each antigen,, was found, it was assigned a number
clusters of
differentiation (CD)
CD2, CD3
Lymphoid, pan t cell
Helper/inducer T cells
CD4