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| Ability to ward off damage or disease through our defenses |
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Term
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Definition
-Innate or nonspecific immunity
-Adaptive or specific immunity |
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| Innate or nonspecific immunity |
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Definition
-Present @ birth
-1st and 2nd lines of defense
-No specific recognition of invaders
-No memory |
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| Adaptive or specific immunity |
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Definition
-specific recognition of invaders
-coupled with memory |
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Term
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Definition
-lymph
-lymphatic vessels
-structures and organs containing lymphatic tissue
-red bone marrow |
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| Functions of the Lymphatic System |
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Definition
-drain excess interstitial fluid
-transport dietary lipid
-carry out immune responses |
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| Lymphatic vessels and lymph circulation |
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Definition
-Vessels begin as lymphatic capillaries
+Closed at one end
-Unite to form large lymphatic vessels
+resemble veins in structure
>thinner walls
>More valves
-Passes through lymph nodes
+encapsulated organs with masses of B and T cells |
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Definition
-Slightly larger diameter than blood capillaries
-Unique one way structure
-Permits interstitial fluid to flow in but not out
-Anchoring filaments pull openings wider when interstitial fluid accumulates
-Small intestine has lacteal for dietary lipid intake
+Chyle is lymph with lipids |
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Definition
-Vessels unite to form lymph trunks
-5 Principal trunks
-passes from lymph trunks into 2 main channels
+thoracic and right lymph ducts
+before draining into venous blood |
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Term
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Definition
-lumbar
-intestinal
-jugular
-subclavian
-bronchomediastinal |
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