Exam 16: Lymphatic System and Immunity

A person has a rare autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack and destroy thymosins as soon as they are produced and secreted. What affect will this have on the immune system?

________ is accumulation of tissue fluid in the interstitial spaces.

From the collecting ducts, lymph enters ________ and becomes part of the ________.

Innate defenses include mechanical and chemical barriers, whereas adaptive defenses counter specific disease-causing agents.

AIDS is caused by a virus that attacks complement enzymes.

A transplant recipient rejects a transplanted organ because her ________ does not match that of the donor closely enough.

After a day or two of suffering from a viral infection, you notice an area of swelling and pressure under your ribs on the left side, near the stomach and under the lungs. The enlarged organ must be the ________.

The thymus enlarges after puberty.

The type of resistance that is acquired as a result of developing a disease is

The structure of a lymphatic vessel is most similar to that of a(n)

The two collecting ducts that drain the lymphatic trunks are the

Morris has lung cancer and is given the drug Avastin. His doctor says that the drug is a monoclonal antibody. This means that the drug consists of

A child is infected with chicken pox (Varicella-Zoster virus), which triggers a primary immune response. The memory cells produced to suppress further attacks by chicken pox consist of

Drugs used to reduce the tissue rejection reaction following the transplantation of tissue from one person to another

Heliobacter pylori is a species of bacteria that causes stomach ulcers. It does this by burrowing into the mucosal lining of the stomach and degrading it to form a hole. By doing so, what type of innate defense is it overcoming? 

If a vaccine is given to most people in a population, it can halt an infection because of

The spleen

B cells divide and differentiate into ________ which produce and secrete antibodies.

Lymph differs from plasma in that

A vaccine produces its effects by