Immune System Vocabulary

Question 1

inflamm

Answer 1

This term means to set on fire

Question 2

thymus

Answer 2

A soft bilobed gland where t cells differentiate

Question 3

nod

Answer 3

This term knot

Question 4

nonspecific

Answer 4

General defenses like the skin and gastric juices that

Protect the body

Question 5

Chemical barriers

Answer 5

Enzymes are body fluids or acids that prevent pathogens

From infecting the body

Question 6

spleen

Answer 6

A large lymphatic organ that cleanses the blood and disposes of worn-out red blood cells.

Question 7

Lymph node

Answer 7

Enlargements along lymphatic pathways that contain

large numbers of lymphocytes and macrophages

Question 8

immunoglobulin

Answer 8

Large globular proteins that binds with antigens and cause Inflammation or agglutination.

Question 9

gen

Answer 9

This term means to be produced

Question 10

hapten

Answer 10

Small molecules that cannot cause an immune response by

themselves and must bind with larger molecules to cause an immune response

Question 11

pathogen

Answer 11

A disease-causing agent

Question 12

Specific

defense

Answer 12

Specialized lymphocytes targeting specific pathogens.

Question 13

Lympathic pathway

Answer 13

Lymph capillaries that merge together becoming larger and eventually join with veins in the thorax

Question 14

lymphocyte

Answer 14

Is a type of white blood cell, a T or B Cell that provides immunity

Question 15

patho

Answer 15

Meaning disease

Question 16

Lymph

Answer 16

It the term for interstitial fluid after it has entered a lymphatic vessel