Immune System Quiz (Immune System Powerpoint)

What is the function of the immune system?

• Communicates between and coordinates all body systems

• Protects against damage

• Defends the body against disease

• Provides shape, support and allows movement

How does the immune system maintain homeostasis?

• Your body sweats to cool down the body

• Your body shivers to warm up the body

• Your body produces platelets to clot blood

• Your body produces white blood cells to fight pathogens

What are pathogens?

• A protein produced in response to an antigen

• Something that infects you and makes you sick

• A phagocytic cell that engulfs infectious agents

• A benign substance that the body shouldn't worry about

The following are organs of the lymphatic system:

• Spleen

• Lungs

• Red marrow

• Tonsils and Adenoids

• Appendix

What is the function of red marrow?

Where would you least likely find red marrow in adults?

• vertebrae

• femur

Which are not a type of white blood cell?

• Erythrocytes

• Basophils

• Lymphocytes

• Thrombocytes

What is the function of the thymus?

Where is the thymus located?

• Above the sternum

• In your neck

• Near your spleen

• Below the sternum

What is the function of the spleen?