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2.6 Lymphoid Tissue Flashcards

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A milky fluid containing emulsified fat and other products of digestion formed in the small intestine

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Chyle

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Drains the right side of the neck, thorax and upper limbs

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Right lymphatic duct

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Drains the lower half of the body

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Thoracic duct

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A dilated sac in the inferior end of the thoracic duct; it is where the main lymphatic vessels of the abdomen and intestines converge

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Cisterna chyli

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5
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Where the right lymphatic duct and throacic duct will converge and drain into

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Subclavian veins

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Localized type of edema which occurs when lymph does not drain from an area of the body

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Lymphedema

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Most abundant and only antibody that crosses the placental barrier and provides immunity for the newborn for the first 6 months

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IgG

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First antibodies produced in an initial immune response; activates complement

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IgM

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Antibody in secretions including milk

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IgA

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Antibody present in the surface of B lymphocytes

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IgD

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Antibody present in allergic reactions and parasitic infections

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IgE

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12
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Antigen-antibody reaction where the antibody blocks the adhesion of the antigen to cells and inactivates toxins

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Neutralization

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Antigen-antibody reaction where where the antibody cross links cell, forming clumps, reducing free antigen, to be ingested by phagocytes

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Agglutination

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Antigen-antibody reaction where the antibody corss links circulating particles forming insoluble antigen-antibody complex

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Precipitation

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15
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Primary lymphoid organs

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ThymusBone Marrow

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16
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Secondary lymphoid organs

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TonsilsLymph nodesspleenMALT

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Embryonic origin of the thymus

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MesodernEndoderm

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Component of lymphoid organs where arteries enter and where veins and efferent lymphatic vessels leave

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Hilum

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Main function of spleen

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Destruction of aged erythrocytes

20
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Location of Peyer’s patch

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Ileum

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Dome-shpaed cells in the covering of peyer’s pathces that capture antigens for presentation to T lymphocytes

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M cells

22
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Lined with low cuboidal epithelium that has microfolds instead of micovilli

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GALT

23
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Location of BALT

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walls of bronchi

24
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Collectively called Waldeyer’s ring

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Tonsils made up of palatine, pharyngeal, and lingual tonsils

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