Quiz Over Immunology Flashcards
What is the study of the immune system?
Immunology
The enemy that makes us sick
Pathogens
What are the “soldiers” of our body?
White blood cells (leukocytes)
What search and destroy pathogens?
White blood cells
What attach to the pathogens?
Antibodies
What are considered troop transport carriers?
Lymphatic system
What transport WBC through fluid filled vessels and chambers?
Lymphatic system
What captures bacteria, viruses, and debris?
Sanitation
What flow in one direction?
Lymphatic vessels
What are considered military bases?
Lymphatic nodes
What is the largest lymph organ
Spleen
What is the boot camp?
Thymus
What are taught to take out any bad cells in the body?
Thymus
What hinders pathogen growth?
Fever
What produces white blood cells?
Bone marrow