Test 3 review Flashcards
Is the lymph intra or extra cellular?
Extracellular
Where do lymph come from?
Plasma
Is there a pump to move the lymphocytes?
There is no pump. Enter a blood vessel or lymphatic vessel for transport to another site.
What are the primary cells of the lymphatic system?
Lymphocytes
What are the three classes of lymphocytes?
T cells
B cells
NK cells
What is the function of a T cell?
Directly attack foreign or virus infected cell.
What is the function of B cells?
Bone marrow-derived cells. B cells secrete antibodies, these antibodies are also called immune-globulins.
What are the functions of NK cells?
Attack foreign cells, normal cells infected with viruses, and cancer cells that appear in normal tissue. (immune surveillance.
What are the three lymphoid organs?
Lymph nodes, thymus, the spleen
Lymph nodes
Small, oval lymphoid organs covered by a fibrous capsule. Defend us against bacteria and other invaders.
Thymus
Site of the T cell production and maturation.
Secrete hormones collectively known thymosins.
T cell trainers.
Spleen
Contains largest collection of lymphoid tissue in the body.
Filters blood unlike the lymph nodes that filter lymph.
spleen removes abnormal blood cells and components.
Initiates the responses of B cells and T cells to antigens in the circulating blood.
Stores iron from recycled red blood cells.
Tonsils
Large clusters of lymphoid nodules in the walls of the pharynx. They guard the entrance of the digestive and respiratory tracts.
MALT
What quadrant is the spleen located in?
Left Upper Quadrant
You can live without the spleen
What is the lymphocyte responsible for anaphylaxis?
B cells.
What is the relationship between antibodies and antigens?
Antibodies kill antigens. Antibodies bind to specific chemical targets known as antigens.
What is innate immunity?
Genetically determined and present at birth.
What is adaptive immunity?
Not present at birth, instead it develops only when you have been exposed to a specific antigen. Can be active or passive.
Does a vaccine provide a primary or secondary response?
Primary
3 major functions of the urinary system?
Excretion-removal of organic waste products from the body
Elimination- discharge of these waste products into the environment
homeostatic regulation- of the volume and solute concentration of blood.
What are the functions of nephrons?
Urine production begins in nephrons
Nephrons convert filtrate to urine
Flow of urine through the body
urine is produced in the kidney lobes, Ducts within each renal papilla discharge unrine into a cup-shaped drain called a Minor Calyx. Four or Five Minor Calyces merge to form a major Calyx. Two or three of Major Calyces form a large, funnel shaped chamber the renal pelvis. Renal pelvis is connected to the ureter, through which urine drains out of the kidney
Simpler version: Minor Calyx, Major calyx, renal pelvis. ureter, bladder
Afferent Arteriole
Branching from each cortical radiate artery, Deliver blood to the capillaries supplying individual nephrons.
Blood reaches each nephron through an afferent arteriole.
Efferent arteriole
Leaves a nephron from efferent arteriole.
Flow of blood through a nephron
Comes in through afferent arterioles, flows through the renal Corpuscle with contains glomerulus (capillaries that filter) also encapsulated by Bowmans Capsule, through the proximal convoluted tubule, through the nephron loop, through the distal convuluted tubule, into a collecting duct, into the ureters.
Simpler version: Afferent arterioles, Renal corpuscle, glomerulus, PCT, nephron loop, DCT, collecting duct, ureters.
Glomerular filtration rate
Amount of filtrate produced by the kidneys each minute.
125 mL per minute.
Three metabolic waste products
Urea- formed during the breakdown of amino acids.
Creatinine: Generated in skeletal muscle tissue through the breakdown of creatine phosphate.
uric Acid: product of the breakdown and recycling of RNA molecules.