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| A substance that the body recognizes as foreign that can trigger an immune response |
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| Produce antibodies to destroy specific antigens |
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| clear fluid similar to plasma |
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| microscopic tubes throughout the body that collects excess tissue fluid |
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| similar to veins, carries lymph away from tissues, ALL empty into RIGHT lymphatic duct or THORACIC duct |
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| Only collects lymph from bodies right superior quadrant |
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| Receives lymph from all over the body except above the diaphragm and the right superior quadrant |
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| Main function of the lymph nodes |
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| engulf and destroy organisms |
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| where do lymphocytes multiply |
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| tonsils, spleen and thymus |
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| produce lymphocytes and antibodies. trap bacteria and produce lymphocytes |
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large blood supply. filters and stores blood and destroys old rbcs. macrophages in spleen removes foreign substances, dead rbcs, and platelets. with trauma, spleen can release the pint of blood it stores in seconds as abackup
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| engulfs bacteria and destroys it. froms rbcs before birth |
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| makes t-lymphocytes. larger in infancy and shrinks over time. located behind upper part of breast bone |
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| stay in bone marrow, and produce antibodies to destroy specific antigens |
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migrate to thymus- attack and destroy antigens- fungi, viuses and parasites
they work with b cells work together to fight off antigens |
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