Lymphatic System Vocabulary

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  1. 2. The smallest type of blood vessel that connects a small artery to a small vein to form networks of blood vessels throughout the body.
  2. 3. one of the small, bean-shaped organs located throughout the lymphatic system. Humans have about 500–600 lymph nodes throughout the body.
  3. 7. Fluid found in the spaces between cells.
  4. 11. Immune cells that produce antibodies
  5. 13. Swelling due to a buildup of lymph fluid in the body.
  6. 16. vessels where interstitial fluid enters the lymphatic system to become lymph fluid
  7. 18. A type of white blood cell that surrounds and kills microorganisms, removes dead cells, and stimulates the action of other immune cells
  8. 19. A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells.
  9. 20. the term used to describe interstitial fluid once it has entered the lymphatic system.
  10. 21. a system collection of cells and organs that destroy pathogens that cause disease or death.
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  1. 1. Tube like vessels that carry fluid called lymph away from tissues to deliver it back to the bloods circulation
  2. 4. The proteins of Macrophages
  3. 5. spaces between individual cells in the tissues
  4. 6. any of the group of proteins that binds specifically to pathogen-associated molecules known as antigens
  5. 8. a circulating blood cell that contains cytotoxic (cell-killing) granules in its extensive cytoplasm. NK cells are among the body’s first lines of defense against viruses and certain types of cancer.
  6. 9. does not secrete antibody but performs a variety of functions in the adaptive immune response.
  7. 10. The system of vessels, cells, and organs that carries excess fluids to the bloodstream and filters pathogens from blood.
  8. 12. Cells that circulate around your blood that are part of your immune system
  9. 14. In the small intestine, dietary triglycerides combine with other lipids and proteins, and enter the lacteals to form a milky fluid called chyle.
  10. 15. a B cell that has differentiated in response to antigen binding, and has thereby gained the ability to secrete soluble antibodies.
  11. 17. a chemical structure on the surface of a pathogen that binds to T or B lymphocyte antigen receptors. Once activated by binding to antigen, B cells differentiate into cells that secrete a soluble form of their surface antibodies.
  12. 19. An organism that causes disease to its host