96 Immune System Organs

Question 1

What are the primary immune system organs?

Answer 1

bone marrow and thymus

maturation

Question 2

What are the secondary immune system organs?

Answer 2

-Spleen
-lymph nodes
-tonsils
-peyer pathces
(allow immune cells to interact with antigen)

Question 3

What are the functions of a lymph node?

Answer 3

• nonspecific filtration by macrophages
• storage of B and T cells
• immune response activation

Question 4

What type of cell do you find in the follicle of a lymph node>

Answer 4

B cells

Question 5

What type of cells do you find in the medulla of a lymph node?

Answer 5

MEDULLARY CORD:

• lymphocytes
• plasma cells

MEDULLARY SINUSES:

• reticular cells
• macrophages

Question 6

What type of cells do you find in the paracortex of a lymph node?

Answer 6

T cells

Question 7

When does the paracortex enlarge?

Answer 7

-extreme cellular immune response

viral infection

Question 8

What type of patients doesn’t have a well-developed paracortex?

Answer 8

di George

Question 9

Name the lymph node clusters

Answer 9

• cervical
• mediastinal
• hiliar
• axilary
• celiac
• superior mesenteric
• inferior mesenteric
• para-aortic
• internal iliac
• superficial inguinal
• popliteal

Question 10

What area of the body drains to the cervical lymph nodes?

Answer 10

head and neck

Question 11

What area of the body drains in the mediastinal lymph nodes?

Answer 11

• trachea

- esophagus

Question 12

What area of the body drains in hilar lymph nodes?

Answer 12

-lungs

Question 13

What area of the body drains in the axillary lymph nodes?

Answer 13

• upper limbs
• breast
• skin above umbilicus

Question 14

What part of the body drains to the celiac lymph nodes?

Answer 14

• liver
• stomach
• spleen
• pancreas
• upper duodenum

Question 15

What part of the body drains to the superior mesenteric lymph nodes?

Answer 15

• lower duodenum
• jejunum
• ileum
• colon to splenic flexure

Question 16

What part of the body drains to the inferior mesenteric lymph nodes?

Answer 16

colon from splenic flexures to upper rectum

Question 17

What part of the body drains to the para-aortic lymph nodes?

Answer 17

• testes
• ovaries
• kidneys
• uterus

Question 18

What part of the body drains to the internal iliac lymph nodes?

Answer 18

• lower rectum to anal canal ( above pectinate line)
• bladder
• vagina (middle third)
• cervix
• prostate

Question 19

What part of the body drains to the superficial inguinal lymph nodes?

Answer 19

• anal canal (below the pectinate line)
• skin below the umbilicus (except popliteal area)
• scrotum
• vulva

Question 20

What part of the body drains to the popliteal lymph nodes?

Answer 20

• dorsolateral foot

- posterior calf

Question 21

the right lymphatic duct drains:

Answer 21

the right side of the body above the diaphragm into the junction of the right subclavian and internal jugular vein

Question 22

The thoracic duct drains:

Answer 22

everything into junction of left subclavian and internal jugular veins

Question 23

What happens if the thoracic duct ruptures?

Answer 23

chylothorax