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| plasma due to capillary exchange |
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| water, electrolytes, waste from metabolizing cells, and some protein |
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| B cells are responsible for |
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| you were born with genetic info that conveys immunity to certain diseases |
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| received during a person's lifetime-aquired immunity comes either naturally or artifically |
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| helps increase the antibodies |
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| counting the levels of antibodies in the blood |
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| lymph from the rt arm and rt side of the head and thorax drains into the |
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| lymph from the rest of the body drains into the |
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| the thoracic duct and lymphatic ducts drain into the |
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| the thoracic duct drains into the |
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| the rt lymphadic duct drains into the |
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| the lymphoid organs include |
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| lymph nodes, tonsils, thymus gland, spleen |
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| functions of the lymph organs are |
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| filter particles from the lymph, support activites of the lymphocytes |
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| cervial lymph nodes drain the |
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| the axillary lymph nodes drain the |
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| upper extremitites, shoulders and breast area |
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| inguinal lymph node drains the |
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| lower extremities and ecternal genitalia |
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| where are the palatine tonsils located |
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| at teh opening of the oral cavity into the pharynx |
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| where are the pharyngeal tonsils located |
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| at the opening of the nasal cavity in the upper pharynx also called the adenoids |
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| where are the lingual tonsils located |
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| toward the back of the tongue |
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| what does thymosins promote |
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| the proliferation and naturation of special lymphocytes (t cells) in lymphoid tissue threw the body |
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| largest lymphoid organ of the body |
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| where is the spleen located |
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| in the upper guadrant of teh abdominal cavity, just beneath the diaphragm |
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| what are the functions of the spleen |
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| filters, stores blood(platlets), destroys "worn out" RBC, after birth the spleen stops producing RBC |
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| it protects the body against many different types of foreign agents |
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| the first line of defense is |
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| mechanical barriers, chemical barriers, and certain reflexes |
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| the second line of defense is |
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| phagocytosis, inflammation, feverm protective proteins, natural killers (NK) |
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| they can ingest and destroy pathogens and other foreign substances |
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| the third line of defense is |
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| specific immunity...lymphocytes (t lymphoctyes) and (b lymphocytes) |
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| specific immunity does what |
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| homes in on a foreign substance and provides protection against one specific substance but no others |
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| the two types of lymphocytes are |
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| T-lymphocytes and B-lymphocytes |
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| T-cells attack antigens how |
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| through direct cell to cell contact |
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| memory cells attack antigens how |
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| they "remember" the initial encounter with the antigen, if the antigen is presented at some future time, the memory cells quickly reproduce and thus allow a faster immune respone to occur |
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| what is responsible for antibody production |
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| an antigen-bearing substance, such as a pathogen, injected in to a person in an attempt to sitmulate antibody production |
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| how is immunoglobin obtained |
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| its obtained from a donor(human or animal) and contains antibodies |
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| naturally aquired active immunity is |
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| exposed to live pathogens (to get disease) |
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| naturally aquired passive immunity is |
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| antibodies are passed from mother to infant (acorss placenta and/or breastfeeding) |
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| artifically aquired active immunity is |
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| artifically aquired passive immunity is |
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| injection with gamma globulin (antibodies) |
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| immunoglobin G (IgG) is found in and is effective against |
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| plasama and body fluids-effective agains certain bacteria, viruses, and toxins |
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| immunoglobin A (IgA) is found in and helps protect against |
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| primarily in the secretions of exocine glands, helps protect against infection |
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| immunoglobin M (IgM) is found in |
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