Medical Terminology: Blood, Lymphatic System, Immunity Review

Match the following

• RBC's and all lymphocyte production begins here

• thymus

• mass of lymphatic tissue located in the LUQ, filters waste from the blood, removes old RBC's

• bone marrow

• 3 pairs of lymphatic tissue masses, capable of filtering bacteria

• lymph nodes

• tiny oval shaped structures, filter out harmful substances from lymph

• spleen

• located behind the sternum, helps to create and store lymphocytes and create immunity

• Tonsils

The body's ability to resist pathogens and foreign materials

• hypersensitivity

• autoimmunity

• immunization

• immunity

immunity with which we are born; it is inherited and permanent

• autoimmunity

• natural immunity

• hypersensitivity

• immunization

developed over a person's lifetime; this is the reaction our body produces in response to exposure to pathogens

• immunity

• hypersensitivity

• autoimmunity

• acquired immunity

condition that is present when a person's immune system malfunctions and produces antibodies that attack its own tissue

• natural immunity

• autoimmunity

• hypersensitivity

• acquired immunity

decreased function of the immune system

• immunosuppressed

• autoimmunity

• immunization

• acquired immunity

process of increasing a person's resistance to a particular infection by artificial means

• immunity

• acquired immunity

• immunization

• hypersensitivity

hypersensitivity

• allergic reaction

• allergan

• immunity

• natural immunity

allergan

• pathogen

• virus

• germ

• antigen that causes an allergic reaction

immunoglobulin

• an allergan

• a pathogen

• an enzyme

• a protein that functions as an antibody