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Lymphatic System
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Health Care
11th Grade
09/29/2011

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When caring for an AIDS patient when would you wear gowns and gloves
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Gowns and gloves should be worn when contact with blood and body fluids is likely
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Someone who is allergic to bees has been stung and is experiencing breathing problems, facial swelling and falling headache. What type of reaction is this?
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anaphylaxis
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when should you wash your hands if contact with body fluids
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wash hands immediately after touching body fluids or secretions
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when should a health care worker wear eye protection?
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when splashes of blood or body fluid are likely
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when should a health care worker wear eye protection?
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when splashes of blood or body fluid are likely
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An example of a health care worker who should wear a mask
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a dental hygienist who is cleaning teeth
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function of the spleen
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filters blood and stores large amounts of red blood cells
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Lymphatic vessels accompany and closely parallel _____________.
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veins
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Lymph nodes provide a site for lymphocyte production and they:
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serve as a filter for screening out harmful substances
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What is true about an AIDs patient's immune system?
Definition
their immune system is severely suppressed
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what system works with the lymphatic system to remove waste and excess fluid from the tissues
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circulatory system
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You are going to give a backrub to an AIDS patient with no open sores. What protective device should you wear?
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None
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Lymph carries digested food, oxygen and ______________ to the cells
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hormones
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Fluid that filetes out of capillaries into the microscopic spaces between tissue cells is called:
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interstitial fluid
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form of cancer of the lymph nodes characterized by painless swelling of lymph nodes
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Hodgkin's disease
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single most effective way to prevent the spread of infection
Definition
handwashing
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a home health aide would need to wear gloves to perform this procedure
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changing a nonsterile dressing
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A friend has a bloody nose and you are going to help clean up the mess. what should you do FIRST?
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put on gloves
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the lymphatic tissue of lymph nosed produces lymphocytes and
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serves as a filter for screening out harmful substances
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body's ability to resist pathogens and foreign materials and the disease they cause
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immunity
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A lymphatic disease that is caused by a virus, spread by oral contact and occurs more frequently in young adults and children
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Mononucleosis
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AIDS impairs a person's
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Immune Response
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you use standard precautions when you expect to have contact with another person's
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blood
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medical term for the watery fluid inside lymphatic vessels
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lymph
Term
location you would most likely find a cluster of lymph nodes
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under the arms
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one of the functions of the lymphatic system
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returning tissue fluid to the general circulation
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organ in the lymph system that stores a large amount of red blood cells
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spleen
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Artificial acquired immunity comes from
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being inoculated with a vaccine, antigen, or toxoid
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term that describes GENERALIZED enlargement of the lymph nodes
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Lymphadenitis
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A medical condition that it is recommended to wear medic alert tag
Definition
hypersensitivity to bee stings
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Javid is HIV positive but he does not have AIDS. This term might describe his condition
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ARC
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Health care workers should never
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Recap needles
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Largest organ of the lymphatic system located in the upper left abdominal cavity
Definition
spleen
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A symptom one would expect with tonsillitis
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Difficulty swallowing
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largest lymphatic vessel
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thoracic duct
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lymph fluid closely resembles
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blood plasma
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where tonsils are located
Definition
in the back of the throat
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organ that is part of the lymphatic system
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thymus
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clusters of lymph nodes are located in the
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neck
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tonsils are located in the
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throat
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what are adenoids
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a type of tonsil
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AIDS can be spread through
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sexual contact
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