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

________ is characterized by four cardinal signs: swelling, pain, heat, and redness.

The ____________ system is the transport system for pathogens and white blood cells.

The body has both physical and chemical ____________ to prevent invaders from entering.

T lymphocytes are responsible for adaptive immunity known as antibody mediated immunity.

An increase in cell number is called proliferation.

It is because of adaptive ________ that people normally get chicken pox only once.

The HIV virus targets ________ cells.

Innate immunity triggers a series of mechanisms that target specific pathogens; the mechanisms are called

The fetus receives antibodies from the mother which last several weeks after birth.This is an example of ________.

Fever is caused by neurotransmitters released by pathogens.

Which of these is an autoimmune disease?

Signs and symptoms of allergies can include all of the following except ________.

In rheumatoid arthritis, the immune system attacks the ________.

All lymphocytes are part of adaptive immunity.

What kind of cells produce antibodies?

Antigen displaying cells are infected by pathogens so they can display the antigens.

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is an immune ________ disorder caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

In this stage of cancer, no spread from the origin is present ________.

Memory B cells remember pathogens.

There are two types of proliferation, one for ____________ and one for all other types of lymphocytes.