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