Exam 15: The Lymphatic System

​The primary function of the lymphatic system is to drain tissue spaces of protein-containing fluid that escapes from the blood capillaries.

The main collecting duct of the lymphatic system is the ____ duct.

​The proliferation of T and B cells is stimulated by ____.

​Which structures are found in the walls of the small intestine where their macrophages destroy bacteria?

​Antibodies are produced by____.

​The ____ trunk drains lymph from the lower extremities.

Hypersensitive reactions to common, normal, and usually harmless environmental substances are called ____________________.​

Efferent lymphatics exit the lymph node at the ____, a slight depression on one side.​

There are special lymphatic vessels called ____ that absorb fats and transport them from the digestive tract to the blood.​

A fetus that receives its mother's antibodies through the placenta experiences ____________________ immunity.​

Matching ​Match the description with the corresponding term. a.​B cells b.​pathogen c.​macrophages d.​lacteals e.​edema f.​spleen g.​adenoids h.​immunity i.​immunoglobulins j.antigens -​disease-causing organism

​Lymphatic capillaries are much smaller and less permeable than blood capillaries.

Matching ​Match the description with the corresponding term. a.​B cells b.​pathogen c.​macrophages d.​lacteals e.​edema f.​spleen g.​adenoids h.​immunity i.​immunoglobulins j.antigens -​swelling

The pharyngeal tonsils are the ones commonly removed in a tonsillectomy.​

​Virus-invaded body cells and cancerous body cells are targeted by ____ T cells.

​The chronic inflammatory disease ____ is characterized by a red butterfly-shaped rash over the nose and cheeks.

​These oval-shaped structures are found along the length of lymphatics.

Leukemia is a disorder of the lymphatic system tissue that can be treated by a bone marrow transplant.

Matching ​Match the description with the corresponding term. a.​B cells b.​pathogen c.​macrophages d.​lacteals e.​edema f.​spleen g.​adenoids h.​immunity i.​immunoglobulins j.antigens -​foreign proteins

The lymph nodule surrounds a(n) ____________________ that produces lymphocytes.​