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WorksheetsLymphatic System
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is true about the lymphatic system?
a)
Lymph flows towards the heart
b)
Lymph flows away from the heart
c)
Lymph is mostly made of plasma
d)
Lymph is only found in lymph nodes
2.
The nonspecific defense system is the ______ defense system
a)
adaptive
b)
innate
3.
The specific defense system is the _______ defense system.
a)
adaptive
b)
innate
4.
The nurse practitioner gives out immunization shots for measles, mumps and rubella. What type of immunity to these diseases would someone get?
a)
Artificial acquired immunity
b)
Natural acquired immunity
c)
Natural immunity
d)
Passive acquired immunity
5.
what pathogen can be treated by antibiotics
a)
virus
b)
bacteria
c)
protozoa
d)
fungi
6.
What "happens" in the lymph nodes?
a)
Excess glucose in the lymph is stored in the liver
b)
Carbon dioxide is removed from the lymph and passed to the lungs for exhalation
c)
Lymph is oxgenated and pumped through the body
d)
Lymph is cleaned of foreign antigens and debris
7.
Where do B cells mature?
a)
blood
b)
bone marrow
c)
thymus
d)
tonsils
8.
Which of the following is not an indicator of inflammation?
a)
redness
b)
heat
c)
pain
d)
blueness
9.
Which organelle helps digest unwanted materials?
a)
lysosome
b)
ribosome
c)
Rough ER
d)
vacuole
10.
Which of the following are embedded in the wall of the small intestines?
a)
thymus
b)
spleen
c)
tonsils
d)
Peyer's patches
11.
What type of vessels carry lymph out of the lymph node?
a)
afferent
b)
efferent
12.
What type of vessels carry the lymph into the lymph nodes?
a)
afferent
b)
efferent
13.
The ____ lymph nodes are in your armpit.
a)
axillary
b)
brachial
c)
radial
d)
ulnar
14.
The ______ lymph nodes are in your groin
a)
axillary
b)
femoral
c)
lumbar
d)
inguinal
15.
The _____ lymph nodes are in your neck
a)
axillary
b)
cervical
c)
thoracic
d)
inguinal
16.
What term means "cell drinking?"
a)
pinocytosis
b)
phagocytosis
17.
Which term means "cell eating?"
a)
pinocytosis
b)
phagocytosis
18.
Where do T cells mature?
a)
blood
b)
bone marrow
c)
thymus
d)
tonsils
19.
Which of these ducts drains the lymph from all parts of the body except the right side of the chest?
a)
lumbar duct
b)
cervical duct
c)
thoracic duct
d)
right lymphatic duct
20.
Two main organs of the lymph system:
a)
Thymus & Pancreas
b)
Pancreas & Thyroid
c)
Spleen & Thymus
d)
Tonsils & Thyroid
21.
The two collecting ducts that drain the lymphatic trunks are the
a)
thoracic duct and right lymphatic duct
b)
lumbar duct and left lymphatic duct
c)
intestinal duct and left intercostal duct
d)
bronchomedianstinal duct and subclavian duct
22.
The structure of a lymphatic vessel is most similar to that of a(n)
a)
Artery
b)
arteriole
c)
vein
d)
capillary
23.
In which condition does the body turn against itself and mistakenly attack normal cells?
a)
autoimmune disease
b)
allergy
c)
Hodgkin's disease
d)
cardiovascular disease
24.
Which tissue produces lymphocytes and filters out impurities and harmful substances from the lymph?
a)
spleen
b)
tonsils
c)
thymus
d)
lymph nodes
25.
What is the body's hypersensitive response to an outside substance that is otherwise harmless?
a)
autoimmune disease
b)
allergy
c)
Hodgkin's disease
d)
cardiovascular disease
26.
How is lymph moved through lymphatic vessels?
a)
Contractions of the small intestine
b)
Blood cells carry lymph through the vessels
c)
Contractions of the heart
d)
Contractions of skeletal muscle around the vessels
27.
Skin, mucus, hairs and sebaceous secretions all contribute to the effectiveness of which type of nonspecific defense?
a)
Interferons
b)
Complement system
c)
Physical barriers
d)
Phagocytes
28.
Sac-like mass, located in the LUQ
a)
spleen
b)
panacreas
c)
liver
d)
gallbladder
29.
The type of immunity a person is born with
a)
Passive acquired
b)
artificial
c)
natural
d)
acquired
30.
The term for swelling of the lymph nodes
a)
lymph
b)
lymphadenitis
c)
varicella
d)
adenitis
31.
A healthy person would fight off infections, but a person with AIDS has a compromised immune response.
a)
asymptomatic infection
b)
ARC
c)
Opportunistic infections
32.
Mary received her immunization for measles, mumps, and rubella. What type of immunity to these disease will she receive?
a)
Natural immunity
b)
Passive acquired immunity
c)
Natural acquired immunity
d)
Artificial acquired immunity
33.
A butterfly rash present on a persons face is a classic sign of which lymphatic disorder?
a)
Lupus erythematosus
b)
Hodgkin's disease
c)
mononucleosis
d)
lymphadenitis
34.
Enlarged lymph nodes that is not painful is what type of cancer?
a)
scleroderma
b)
Hodgkin's disease
c)
mononucleosis
d)
lupus erythematosus
35.
Recovery from a viral illness and not having this illness again is because of
a)
artifical active immunity
b)
Innate imunity
c)
WBC production
d)
Natural acquired immunity
36.
The treatment for anaphylaxic shock is
a)
chemotherapy
b)
radiation
c)
antibiotics
d)
EpiPen
37.
Upper, anterior thorax, above the heart also considered an endocrine gland
a)
Lymph
b)
thymus gland
c)
immunity
d)
passive acquired immunity
38.
Masses of lymphatic tissue that produce lymphocytes and filter bacteria;they get smaller in size as person gets older.
a)
Adenoids
b)
Pyer's patches
c)
Lymph nodes
d)
Tonsils
39.
Tiny oval shaped size of pinhead to size of almond, located alone or grouped
a)
tonsils
b)
thoracuc duct
c)
Lymph nodes
d)
Lymph vessels
40.
Disease caused by a immunodeficiency virus that attacks T cell lymphocytes making the immune system deficient
a)
AIDS
b)
Lupus
c)
Tetanus
d)
Measles
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