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| A substance the body recognizes as foreign that can trigger an immune response |
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| A substance produced by the body that inactivated or destroys an antigen |
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| clear fluid with composition comparable to blood plasma |
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| one cell thick and overlap in a way that fluid enter the capillaries and cannot flow backwards |
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| similar to veins, carry lymph away from tissues, all empty into either right lymphatic duct or thoracic duct, eventually lymph is returned to circulation via veins |
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(palantine, pharyngeal and lingual)
Produce lymphocytes and antibodies |
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| filters blood, stores blood, forms lymphocytes, monocytes, and plasma cells, destroys old RBC’s, phagocytosis |
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| located behind upper portion of breast bone, makes T-lymphocytes, is large in infancy and shrinks with age |
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stay in bone marrow– produce antibodies to destroy
specific antigens |
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| migrate to thymus – attack and destroy antigens |
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