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Lymphatic and Immune Systems Chapter 12 Review

1.

What does the root in INCUBATION mean?

HATCH, SIT ON

2.

Washing out a hollow cavity...

LAVAGE

3.

What does the suffix in the word OPPURTUNISTIC mean?

PERTAINING TO

4.

What does the root in the word DORMANT mean?

SLEEP

5.

Which of the following is NOT a common way in which the human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) can be transmitted?

  1. Sexual Intercourse
  2. MOSQUITO BITE
  3. Sharing Needles
  4. Contaminated Blood Products
  5. Transplacental Transmission
6.

Why is the development of natural immunity to HIV so difficult?

ABOUT 1% OF THE HIV'S GENES MUTATE EVERY YEAR.

7.

When HIV invades the brain, what is the resultant condition?

DEMENTIA

8.

Which of the following laboratory tests measures the quantity of HIV in the blood?

VIRAL LOAD COUNTS

9.

What does the suffix in the term ALLOGEN mean?

PRODUCING

10.

A skin graft taken from another person or cadaver is referred to as an...

ALLOGRAFT

11.

What is the term that means a reaction to tissue transplanted from another person?

ALLOIMMUNE

12.

In the term MACROPHAGE, what does the prefix refer to?

LARGE

13.

What is the term that describes an immediate, severe, allergic response?

ANAPHYLAXIS

14.

An exaggerated, abnormal reaction to an allergen, is called an ________ reaction.

HYPERSENSITIVITY

15.

Failure of the IMMUNE SYSTEM?

IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISORDER

16.

Failure of the IMMUNE SYSTEM caused by an outside agent?

IMMUNOSUPPRESSION

17.

What does the prefix in the term TRANSPLANT mean?

ACROSS

18.

Transplant immunity causes...

REJECTION

19.

What type of genetic abnormality is often sex-linked, so that boys are affected more often than girls?

CONGENITAL IMMUNODEFICIENCY

20.

In most allergic reactions, how long does it take for the cells to produce histamine?

2-3 SECONDS

21.

What is the name of a preparation to generate active immunity?

VACCINE

22.

What is the meaning of the Latin origin for the term immune?

PROTECTED FROM

23.

What is the term for a group of proteins in serum that finish off the work of antibodies to destroy bacteria and other cells?

COMPLEMENT

24.

The lymphatic capillaries and vessels are located?

IN THE INTERSTITIAL SPACES

25.

What type of cell is produced by the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM?

IMMUNE CELLS

26.

The LYMPHATIC SYSTEM absorbs excess interstitial fluid and returns it to the__________.

BLOODSTREAM

27.

What is removed from the tissues by the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM?

DEBRIS

28.

When interstitial fluid enters the lymphatic capillaries, it is known as...

LYMPH

29.

The greatest concentration of the lymph nodes lie...

IN THE NECK, AXILLA, AND GROIN

30.

____________ in the LYMPH NODES break down any foreign matter that enters the body..

MACROPHAGES

31.

The right lymphatic duct drains into the right _______...

SUBCLAVIAN VEIN

32.

What is the medical term for a substance that produces a hyper sensitivity reaction?

ALLERGEN

33.

What is an antibody?

A PROTEIN

34.

Medical term that means the state of being protected...

IMMUNITY

35.

What does the suffix in IMMUNOLOGIST mean???

ONE WHO STUDIES

36.

What medical term means to make resistant to an infectious disease???

IMMUNIZE

37.

What does the suffix in the word LYMPHATIC mean???

PERTAINING TO

38.

TRUE OR FALSE???

All antibodies are immunoglobulins...

TRUE

39.

A circumscribed mass of tissue...

NODE

40.

What does the combining form in the word PATHOGEN mean???

DISEASE

41.

What is the meaning of the root in the word POLLUTANT???

UNCLEAN

42.

The structure which begins in the abdomen at the level of the second lumbar vertebra and empties into the left subclavian vein is the...

LEFT THORACIC DUCT

43.

What does the T in T cells stand for ???

THYMUS

44.

Where is the location of lymphocytes in organs with passages that open to the exterior of the body???

IN THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES

45.

Al of the following are types of T cells EXCEPT...

  1. CYTOTOXIC CELLS
  2. HELPER CELLS
  3. MEMORY CELLS
  4. SUPPRESSOR CELLS
  5. AMORPHOUS CELLS
46.

B lymphocytes mature in the _____...

BONE MARROW

47.

This cell begins the defensive response against a specific antigen...

HELPER T CELLS

48.

The failure of suppressor T cells to function properly may result in this condition...

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

49.

The function of antibodies is to...

SECRETE TOXINS THAY DESTROY ANTIGENS

50.

Mature, activated B cells are called...

PLASMA CELLS

51.

The process used by macrophages to destroy bacteria and remove foreign matter is called...

PHAGOCYTOSIS

52.

Where do monocytes come from???

BLOOD