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3 Lymphocyte production 1 Include the lymph nodes, the thymus and the spleen
7 The lymphatic version of plasma 2 NK cells policing for foreign, infected or cancerous cells is immunological ____________.
8 The B in B Cell stands for this; 10-15% of lymphocytes are B cells 4 T cells that inhibit T and B cell activity
11 Blockage of lymphatic drainage in an area 5 The T in T Cell stands for this; 80% of lymphocytes are T cells
12 What a B cell will become to produce immunoglobins for humoral immunity 6 A mass of lymphoid tissue whose size is variable to due lack of a fibrous capsule
16 This largest lymph organ is divided into blood-filled red pulp and nodule-like white pulp 9 Five of these guard the digestive system from assault at the pharynx
19 Flow of lymph helps maintain volume and composition of plasma and this 10 T cells that stimulate T and B cell activity
21 An example of a substance using lymph to enter the blood, in this case originating at the digestive system 13 These are made and stored in the lymphoid organs
22 T cells that provide cell-mediated immunity 14 The NK in NK Cell stands for this; 5-10% of lymphocytes are NK cells
23 Lymph organ beneath the sternum where T-cells mature and thymosins are produced 15 A lymphoid nodule near the connection of the small and large intestines
24 Connects the peripheral tissues to the veins; also called a vessel 17 Where lymphocytes actively divide in a lymphoid nodule
25 Helper and suppressor T cells collectively 18 Working with the right lymphatic duct, this feeds most of the lymph into the left internal jugular and subclavian veins
20 Small ovoid lymph organs with fibrous capsules that filter anything with an antigen out of the lymph


Reference

Martini, Frederic H. and Bartholomew, Edwin F. Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology. 2nd ed. 2000: Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

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