Across
- 2. Body's ability to protect itself from invading pathogens.
- 4. Fluid inside lymphatic vessels that is composed of mainly water, but it also contains solutes.
- 5. Small, oval structures occurring along lymphatic vessels which cleanse lymph.
- 7. Site of stem cells which are capable of dividing and producing blood cells and producing B cells and T cells.
- 8. Take up excess tissue fluid and return it to the bloodstream.
- 9. Located in the thoracic cavity above the heart and is filled with maturing T cells.
- 10. Located in the upper left side of the abdominal cavity and is responsible for filtering blood and removing old and defective blood cells.
- 11. Absorb fat from the digestive tract and transport them to the bloodstream.
- 13. Produce antibodies that bind to a specific antigen in order to attack infected cells.
Down
- 1. Returns lymph from the upper body and right side of the body to the right subclavian vein.
- 3. Absorb amino acids and sugars.
- 6. Returns lymph from the lower body and left side of the body to the left subclavian vein.
- 8. Swelling that occurs when the fluid is not collected from tissues by the lymphatic system.
- 12. Do not produce antibodies and attack infected cells directly.