Lymphatic System
Across
- 2. Tubes that carry watery fluid found between the body's cells
- 4. White blood cells found in the lymphatic system
- 6. Works with tonsils to produce and release antibodies to attack pathogens entering through the mouth and nose
- 9. Contains many white blood cells and stores oxygen-rich blood
- 10. Works with adenoids to produce and release antibodies to attack pathogens entering through the mouth and nose
- 14. White blood cells that will start producing antibodies if the body is reinfected with the same microorganism
- 16. A group of cells that prepare and release a chemical for use by the body
- 17. This gland has both lymphatic and endocrine functions
Down
- 1. A weakened or inactive version of a pathogen that stimulates the body's production of antibody that can destroy the pathogen
- 3. Lymph is filtered here before returning to the blood
- 5. The act of giving someone a vaccine
- 6. One of many lymphatic vessels that feed into a lymph node
- 7. White blood cell that produces antibodies that attack specific disease-causing microorganisms
- 8. Clear fluid that leaks out of the capillaries and passes in and out of cells
- 11. The only lymphatic vessel that leads out of a lymph node
- 12. Interstitial fluid that is in a lymphatic vessel
- 13. White blood cell that attacks microorganisms directly
- 15. White blood cell that scavenge lymph and eat bacteria and other debris