Chapter 27: The immune system
And extreme, rapidly progressing, and often life-threatening allergic response is called what?
Anaphylaxis
The process in which an anti-body disables an antigen or causes it to be destroyed by scavenger cells is called the what?
Anti-body mediated response
The anti-body producing cells that reproduce in the germinal center of the cortex are called what?
B lymphocytes or B cells
What occurs in a germinal center?
B lymphocytes reproduce
And infants first immunization would occur at what stage?
Birth
What type of treatment is prescribed for patients who have undergone organ transplants?
Immunosuppressants
The Epstein-Barr virus is the cause of what?
Infectious mononucleosis
What type of immunity is a first line of defense against harmful pathogens and renders many viruses and bacteria that affect other species in capable of harming human beings?
Innate immunity
How does plasma leave the bloodstream to be collected as lymph?
It leaks from the capillaries.
What type of cell locks onto targeted antigens and destroys them?
Killer T cells
What part of the lymph Fattic system function as part of the immune system, Helping to defend the body against harmful substances?
Lymphatic tissues
What part of the lymphatic system functions to defend the body against harmful substances?
Lymphoid
What type of immunity occurs when antibodies are passed to an infant with breastmilk?
Passive natural immunity
What type of leukocyte attacks and then Jess or eats and invading organism?
Phagocyte
What auto immune disease will the physician likely diagnosis for a patient whose hands and fingers are deformed from years of extreme pain and stiffness in the joints of the wrist and fingers?
Rheumatoid arthritis
In what part of the body do some B and T cells that have become memory cells monitor blood for the presence of antigens?
Spleen
"Surrounding tissue has been affected by cancer cells, but the cancer is contained at the primary site of cancer" is the description of what stage of cancer?
Stage two
Lymphedema is a condition that results from a damaged or dysfunctional lymphatic system. What is the primary symptom?
Swelling
What are two changes in the immune system typically seen with aging?
The thymus gland shrinks and the lymphatic and circulatory vessels of the arms and legs begin to stiffen.
Where are adenoids found in the body?
Throat
What organ of the immune system has an outer cortex and an inner medulla?
Thymus gland
True or false? Anti-bodies or immunoglobulins are proteins found in many parts of the body.
True
True or false? The lymphatic system collects the lymph and returns it to the bloodstream.
True