Chapter 9: Lymphatic

Question 1

Acquired immunity

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Immunity that is a result of the body developing the ability to defend itself against a specific agent, as a result of having had the disease or from having received an immunization against a disease

Question 2

Adenoids

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Masses of lymphatic tissue located near the opening of the nasal cavity into the phalanx

Pharyngeal tonsils

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Edema

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The accumulation of fluid within the tissue spaces

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Hypersensitivity

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An abnormal condition characterized by an excessive reaction to a particular stimulus

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Immune reaction (immune response)

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A defense function of the body that produces antibodies to destroy invading antigens and malignancies

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Immunity

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The state of being resistant to or protected from a disease

The individual is said to be “immune”

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Immunization

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The process of creating immunity to a specific disease

Question 8

Immunologist

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The health specialist whose training and experience is concentrated in immunology

Question 9

Immunology

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The study of the reaction of tissues of the immune system of the body to antigenic stimulation

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Immunotherapy

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A special treatment of allergic responses that administers increasingly large doses of the offending allergens to gradually develop immunity

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Local reaction

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A reaction to treatment that occurs at the sit it was administered

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Lymph

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Interstitial fluid picked up by the lymphatic capillaries and eventually returned to the blood

Once the interstitial fluid enters the lymphatic vessels, it is known as lymph

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Lymphadenopathy

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Any disorder of the lymph nodes or lymph vessels, characterized by localized or generalized enlargement

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Lymph/o

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Lymph

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Aden/o

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Gland

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-Pathy

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Disease

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Lymphocyte

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Small, agranulocytic leukocytes originating from fetal stem cells and developing in the bone marrow

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Macrophage

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Any phagocytes cell involved in the defense against infection and in the disposal of the products of the breakdown of cells

Question 19

Natural immunity

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Immunity with which we are born

Genetic immunity

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Pathogens

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Disease-producing microorganisms

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Path/o

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Disease

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-Gen

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That which generates

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Phagocytosis

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The process of a cell engulfing and destroying bacteria

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Phag/o

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To eat

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-Osis

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Condition

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Resistance

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The body's ability to counteract the effects of pathogens and other harmful agents

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Susceptible

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A state of having a lack of resistance to pathogens and other harmful agents A person is said to be "susceptible"

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T cells

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Cells important to the immune response Mature in the thymus Upon maturation, the T cells enter the blood and circulate throughout the body, providing defense against disease by attacking to reign and/or abnormal cells

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Tonsils

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Masses of lymphatic tissue located in the protective rings, just unclear the mucous membrane, surrounding the mouth and back of the throat

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Immun/o

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Immune, protection

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Lymphaden/o

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Lymph gland

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Lymphangi/o

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Lymph vessel

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Sarc/o

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Flesh

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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

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Involves clinical conditions that destroy the body's immune system in the last or final phase of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection

Question 35

Cytomegalovirus

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Large species-specific herpes-type virus with a wide variety of disease effects

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Hypersensitivity

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Tissue damage resulting from exaggerated immune responses

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Hypersplenism

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Syndrome involving a deficiency of one or more types of blood cells and an enlarged spleen

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Kaposi's sarcoma

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Locally destructive malignant neoplasm of the blood vessels associated with AIDS, typically forming lesions on the skins, visceral organs, or mucous membrane

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Lymphoma

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Lymphoid tissue neoplasm that is typically malignant, beginning with a painless enlarged lymph node(a) and progressing to anemia, weakness, fever, and weight loss,

Question 40

Mononucleosis

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Usually caused by the epstein-barr virus (EBV) Benign, self- limiting acute infection of the B lymphocytes

Question 41

Myasthenia gravis

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An auto immune disease in which antibodies block or destroy some acetylcholine receptor sites

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Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)

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Caused by a common worldwide parasite for which most people have immunity if they are not severely immunocompromised

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Pneum/o

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Lungs Air

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Pneumon/o

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Lungs Air

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Sarcoidosis

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Systemic inflammatory disease resulting in the formation of multiple small, rounded lesions (granulomas) in the lungs (compromising 90%), lymph nodes, eyes, liver, and other organs

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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An inflammatory connective tissue, disease, chronic in nature, in which immune complexes are formed from the reaction of SLE autoantibodies and their corresponding antigens

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Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

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Blood test used for screening for an antibody to the AIDS virus Also be used to test for other diseases, such as Lyme disease

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Western blot

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Test detects the presence of the antibodies to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, used to confirm validity of ELISA tests

Question 49

CT (CAT) Scan

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A collection of X-ray images taken from various angles following injection of a contrast medium

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Lymphangiogram

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X-ray assessment of the lymphatic system following injection of a contrast medium into the lymph vessels in the hand or foot

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Angi/o

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Vessel

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Histo

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Histology