Exam 14: The Lymphatic System and Immunity

With respect to its functions, the spleen is most similar to:

In adaptive immunity, when antibodies bond to viruses, they change the shape of the viruses, which is called ____________________.

The mechanism of adaptive immunity that involves antibody production is called:

The lymph nodes that destroy pathogens in lymph returning from the arms are called:

The vessel that empties lymph into the left subclavian vein is the ____________________.

Tissue fluid is made from ____________________ by the process of ____________________.

Recovery from a disease provides ____________________ acquired ____________________ immunity.

A vaccine such as that for measles provides ____________________ acquired ____________________ immunity.

Lymph from the lower half and upper left quadrant of the body drains into the ____________________.

The component of immunity that does not become more efficient with repeated exposures is ____________________ immunity.

In adaptive immunity, the mechanism that does not involve antibody production is ____________________.

Water in the body has several names: in capillaries it is ____________________; in between cells it is ____________________; and in lymph capillaries it is ____________________.

In adaptive immunity, the ____________________ T cells remember a specific foreign antigen.

A vaccine stimulates production of ____________________ and ____________________.

Which of the following statements are true of lymph and lymph vessels? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

The changing of the shape of viruses or bacterial toxins by attached antibodies is called:

The lysozyme of innate immunity is found in:

Tissue fluid that has entered lymph capillaries is called:

The lymph nodes that destroy pathogens in lymph returning from the head are called:

In innate immunity, the effect of histamine on arterioles is to cause ____________________.