Lymphatic System Vocabulary Practice Test

Matching:

Answer / Statement / Term
1. another name for a white blood cell. They are less numerous than red blood cells & are crucial to the body’s defense against disease. / a.  Autoimmune Disease:
2. (a type of lymphoid organ) acts as a blood reservoir, that filters blood of bacteria, viruses, & other debris & is located in the left side of the abdominal cavity & curls around the anterior aspect of the stomach. / b.  Lymphocytes:
3. fluid accumulation within the tissues that causes swelling. (medical name for swelling) / c.  Thymus:
4. a cell that engulfs a foreign particle that may be dangerous to that cell, much the way an amoeba ingests a food particle. Ex. Macrophage or neutrophil. / d.  . Fever:
5. are found in the walls of the small intestine & contain macrophages that capture & destroy bacteria; resemble tonsils, / e.  Cytotoxic T cell:
6. cells that help make antibodies oversee humoral immunity. (also called B cells): / f.  Phagocytes:
7. cells that slow or stops the activity of B & T cells once the infection has been conquered / g.  Edema:
8. also called immunoglobulins; They make the gamma globulin part of blood proteins & are made by B cells. / h.  Leukocytes:
9. type of immunity naturally obtained during bacterial & viral infections where you develop symptoms of the disease & suffer a little while & then recover. / i.  Allergies:
10. systemic response triggered by pyrogens; Normal body temperature is regulated by the hypothalamus. / j.  Spleen:
11. B cell clone cell that does not become plasma cells become long-lived ___ cells capable of responding to the same antigen at later meetings or second encounters. / k.  Pus:
12. another name for a lymph cell. It is important to your immune system. Two types are B & T cells. / l.  First Line of Defense:
13. (a type of lymphoid organ) functions at peak levels only during youth, found in the throat overlying the heart. It produces hormones that cause T cell maturation. / m. Antibodies:
14. is any substance capable of exciting our immune system & causing an immune response. (Pathogen’s name tag.) / n.  Active Immunity:
15. fire chemicals secreted by WBC’s exposed to foreign substances in the body which causes the normal body temperature to increase / o.  B lymphocytes
16. is a mixture of dead or dying neutrophils, broken-down tissue cells, & living & dead pathogens. (prefix=pyo). / p.  Suppressor T Cell:
17. (also called hypersensitivities) are abnormally vigorous immune responses
which causes tissue damage as it fights off a perceived “threat” that would otherwise be harmless to the body. / q.  Pyrogens:
18. (also called a Killer T cell) it kills virus-invaded body cells, as well as body cells that have become cancerous; & ia involved in graft rejection. / r.  Peyer’s Patches:
19. condition where the immune system loses its ability to distinguish friend from foe & attack or damage the body’s own tissues. Ex. MS, Graves disease, Rheumatoid arthritis / s.  Memory Cells:
20. a nonspecific protective response against invading pathogens includes undamaged skin, tears, & mucous membranes. / t.  Antigens:

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