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Test 7
Immunity, Urinary and respiratory systems
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
04/07/2010

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Lymphatic and Immunity System
Definition
returns excess tissue fluid to the blood, absorbs fats from the digestive system
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Immunity
Definition
Protect body from invaders once they have gotten past the skin & mucus membranes, Cleans up damaged cells, Protects against cancer
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Lymph vessels
Definition
Many have valves, like veins
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Lymph nodes
Definition
Located near areas that are open to the outside world (neck, groin) and places where limbs attach to the torso (axillae and groin) and throughout the mesentery of the small and large intestines
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Germinal Centers
Definition
dense areas in the cortex that have actively dividing macrophages and lymphocytes
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Lymph Sinuses
Definition
loose areas in the medulla which are like a maze the lymph fluid must go through to get from afferent vessels to (usually a single) efferent vessel.
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Lymph Trunks
Definition
Left drains most of the body including all of the digestive drainage
Right drains right side of head, right chest wall, shoulder and arm only
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Spleen
Definition
located dorsolateral to stomach, Filters blood instead of lymph
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Red pulp
Definition
stores and releases red blood cells
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White pulp
Definition
similar to lymph nodes
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Thymus
Definition
just superior to heart, Progenitor cells from bone marrow settle here and can divide to produce T-lymphocytes
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Respiratory system
Definition
Obtains oxygen from the environment, Excretion of carbon dioxide waste, With the urinary and circulatory systems; help control pH
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Nasal epithelium
Definition
Stratified squamous epithelium (not keratinized)
Smell receptors in superior part
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Turbinates
Definition
nasal conchae covered by nasal epithelium
Openings to sinuses
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Nasopharynx
Definition
Pharyngeal tonsils
Opening to Auditory tube
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The Larynx
Definition
Thyroid and Cricoid cartilages: hyaline cartilage
Dense regular CT membrane between them : tracheotomy
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Epiglottis
Definition
elastic cartilage covered with a mucus membrane
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Small cartilages
Definition
some are hyaline and others are elastic cartilage
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