The Lymphatic System

Question 1

Is the CNS serviced by the lymph system?

Answer 1

Nope

Question 2

Where does the lymphatic system dump into the circulatory system?

Where does the digested fat end up?

Answer 2

Near the neck

right lymphatic- duct arm and head

Thoracic duct- Left arm and rest of the body. Left jugular vein

Fat released into the vein heading to the heart

Question 3

Innate immunity

Answer 3

General

All WBC you can think of except the lymphocytes (specific kind of leukocytes)

Skin

Stomach acid

Question 4

Inflammation

Answer 4

Immune response - part of innate immunity

Histamines, prostaglandins, lymphokines

Activation of macrophages and granulocytes

Dilation of capillaries. Tissue swelling

Great migration and isolation

Question 5

Neutrophils and macrophage engulfing

Answer 5

Eventually die dead

Pus- dead tissue cells including neutrophils and macrophages

Part of innate immunity

Question 6

Acquired immunity

Answer 6

Lymphocytes

B and T-cell immunity

Question 7

Humoral (B-cell)

Answer 7

Specific recognition by antigen - high MW elicits an immune response

***Antibodies made in lymph tissue by b lymphocytes - circulate and Attack matching antigens

B lymphocytes (plasma cell, memory b-cell), develop in the fetal liver and mature in the bone marrow

Question 8

Lymph system

Answer 8

Recycle interstitial fluid and empty into the circulatory system

Immunity

Take up molecules too large to be taken up by the capillaries

Open circulatory

Question 9

Main cell that makes antibodies in b-cell immunity

Answer 9

Plasma cells

Question 10

Function of memory cells

Memory b-cell
Memory killer T cells

Answer 10

Get ready for second exposure

Reinforce b-cells and cytotoxic T cells