Exam 15: The Lymphatic and Immune Systems: Your Defense Systems

Complement ________ is a complex series of reactions that activate 20 proteins that are usually inactive in the blood unless activated by a pathogen invasion.

Ultimately the cause of death in AIDS patients is ___________________.

Discuss how cancer is staged.

________ disorders occur when the immune system attacks some part of the body.The body fails to recognize "self" and destroys its own tissue as if it were an invader.

In this stage of cancer, spread to distant tissues and organs is present ________.

Explain why HIV causes severe immune deficiency by attacking one type of cell.

In ________ disorders, the body fails to recognize "self" and destroys its own tissue.

The first leukocytes to arrive at the site of damage are the

In addition to storage of white blood cells the lymphatic system is also responsible for

Antigens are the body's weapons against disease.

________ is the rise in body temperature as a deliberate attempt by the immune system to destroy the pathogens that have invaded the body.

Which stage of cancer would mean it had spread to nearby tissues?

Natural immunity is acquired during vaccination.

Once the threat of invasion is over, the ____________ are responsible for "turning-off" the response.

The ________ gland is larger in children because they are exposed to many new infections.

Which of the following is not one of the immune system's components?

The ____________ is the soft organ between the aortic arch and sternum.

Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis include ________.

The lumbar, intestinal, and intercostal trunk all empty into the ________ duct, a large duct that runs from the abdomen up through the diaphragm and into the left subclavian vein.

Selection of lymphocytes which react to antigens is called _______________ selection.