Thymus Blah + Lymph Ish Flashcards
LYMPHATICS SYSTEM
- 2 functions
- _________ for the cvs and ____
fluid balance
immunity
Function of lymphatic system
Fluid balance- ____ing excess fluid to ____
Immunity:_______ and _____ lymphocytes and other immune cells
returning
the blood
Transports and houses
LYMPH fluid
-a fluid similar to ____ without _____ or ______
blood
plasma proteins or RBCs
Lymph fluid passes through the lymphatic vessels
T/F
T
LYMPHatic Vessels
-provide ____ for the lymph to reach the_______
passage
venous blood
LYMPHatic Organs
-include ______,_____ , ______ ,e.t.c
LYMPHatic capillaries
-absorb fluid from the ______
spleen
thymus
bone marrow
ISF
LYMPH Nodules
-________ of lymphocytes (_____,_____,_____ )
LACTEALS
-absorb _______ substances from the ____
MALT, GALT,BALT
collection
lipid soluble; GIT
Lymphatic nodules form a _________ capsule around ______ structures to seperate them from surrounding tissues
fibrous CT
secondary
LYMPHatic trunk and ducts
- relatively (smaller or larger?) than vessels
- drain lymphs into the ____ circulationTHYMUS
-where __ lymphocytes are ____, get ____ and ______
Larger
venous
T
educated
matured
differentiated
RED BONE MARROW
-produces ______ including _____
formed elements
lymphocytes
LYMPH NODES
- monitors lymph for ________
- _____ said materials if found
- largest collection is where _____ meeet ____
foreign materials
kills
limbs meet trunk
SPLEEN WHITE PULP
____________ for ________
SPLEEN RED PULP
-kills _______________ and __________
Monitors blood for foreign materials
old and defective erythrocytes and platelets
Spleen red pulp
serves as reserve for _____
platelets
TONSILS
-defense against pathogens in _______ and _____
air and ingested food
-elephantiasis: filaria works by __________
blocking lymph vessels
metastasis :
cancerous cells moving from one site through the ________ to another
lymph vessels
LYMPHOCYTES
-produce in ______
bone marrow
B lymphocytes are educated in the______, T lymphocytes are educated in the _____
- educated lymphocytes can be in ________ as ________ or in lymphatic _________, or in lymphatic tissues like _____, or lymphatic organs
- just waiting there
- distribution depends on _____,_____, or _____
bone marrow
thymus
connective tissues as free cells
nodules
tonsils
health status, injury or infection site.
EDUCATION
-B is educated by ____________, if the B cells _____ it, it gets ____, if the B cells doesn’t, it ______
-T’s can occur in two ways, positive or negative
Positive: if it can _______________, pass
Negative: if it ______________, fail
presenting it with self antigens
attacks ; killed; passes
bind to an MHC molecule
attack a self antigen
Who has larger thymus
Adults or children
larger in children than in adults
THYMUS
-atrophied after ____ thereby ______ing the immune system
puberty
diminishing
only __% of T cells survive education in the thymus
2
Lymph capillaries
-(single or double ?) layer of overlapping _____ cells
Single
endothelial
Lymph capillary is a blind end
T/F
T