WorksheetsLymphatic System Medical Terminology Wofford
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Two main organs of the lymph system:
a)
Thymus & Pancreas
b)
Pancreas & Thyroid
c)
Spleen & Thymus
d)
Tonsils & Thyroid
2.
What is the purpose of antibodies?
a)
To pump lymph through the vessels
b)
To create lymph
c)
To fight infection
d)
To remove old red blood cells
3.
Where do T cells mature?
a)
blood
b)
bone marrow
c)
thymus
d)
tonsils
4.
The nonspecific defense system is the ______ defense system
a)
adaptive
b)
innate
5.
Which type of cells make antibodies?
a)
A cells
b)
B cells
c)
M cells
d)
T cells
6.
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
7.
Which tissue produces lymphocytes and filters out impurities and harmful substances from the lymph?
a)
spleen
b)
tonsils
c)
thymus
d)
lymph nodes
8.
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
9.
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
10.
red blood cell
a)
plasma
b)
erythrocyte
c)
leukocyte
d)
thrombocyte
11.
white blood cell
a)
plasma
b)
erythrocyte
c)
leukocyte
d)
thrombocyte
12.
Macrophages...
a)
Keep bacteria from replicating
b)
Bind to viruses
c)
"Eat" foreign cells
d)
Alert killer T cells
13.
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
14.
An immune response that does not involve antibodies but rather involves the activation of macrophages and natural killer cells:
a)
Acquired Passive Immunity
b)
Natural Immunity
c)
Acquired Active Immunity
d)
Cell-Mediated Immunity
15.
What is the purpose of antibodies?
a)
To pump lymph through the vessels
b)
To create lymph
c)
To fight infection
d)
To remove old red blood cells
16.
The nonspecific defense system is the ______ defense system
a)
adaptive
b)
innate
17.
All fevers are bad.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
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
19.
-ectomy
a)
Disease
b)
Excision, removal
c)
Specialist
d)
Vessel
20.
-itis
a)
Condition
b)
Specialist
c)
Inflammation
d)
Study of
21.
Erythro-
a)
Cell
b)
Red
c)
Blue
d)
White
22.
Leuko-
a)
Red
b)
White
c)
Blue
d)
Cell
23.
-pathy
a)
Disease
b)
Infection
c)
Illness
d)
Contagious
24.
The fluid that removes cellular waste products, pathogens and dead blood cells.
a)
lymphangi/o
b)
lymph/o
c)
splen/o
d)
myel/o
25.
The capillaries, vessels and ducts that return lymph from tissues to venous tissues.
a)
lymphangi/o
b)
lymph/o
c)
lymphaden/o
d)
splen/o
26.
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
27.
The combining form that means to eat or swallow is:
a)
phag/o
b)
pin/o
c)
leuk/o
d)
path/o
28.
The combining form that means protection is:
a)
path/o
b)
meg/o
c)
immun/o
d)
lymph/o
29.
The combining form that means lymph is:
a)
lymphangi/o
b)
lymphaden/o
c)
leuk/o
d)
lymph/o
30.
The combining form that means spleen is:
a)
spleenomega/o
b)
splen/o
c)
lymph/o
d)
spleen/o
31.
The combining form that means lymph node is:
a)
lymph/o
b)
aden/o
c)
lymphaden/o
d)
lymphangi/o
32.
The combining form that means lymph vessel is:
a)
lymphaden/o
b)
lymphangi/o
c)
lymph/o
d)
splen/o
33.
The suffix that means removal or carry away is:
a)
apheresis
b)
phonpheresis
c)
emia
d)
pareasis
34.
What medical term means lymph gland inflammation?
a)
lymphaginitis
b)
lymphadenitis
c)
lymphadenopathy
d)
lymphadgioma
35.
The medical term that means to cut into the spleen is:
a)
splenectomy
b)
splenotomy
c)
splenoplexy
d)
splenoplasia
36.
The functions of the lymphatic and immune system are:
a)
collect excess fluid and brings it back to the heart
b)
defense against pathogens
c)
transports fats absorbed by the small intestine
d)
all of these are functions
37.
The lymph glands in the armpits are:
a)
inguinal
b)
axillary
c)
cervical
d)
thoracic
38.
The lymph glands in the groin region are:
a)
axillary
b)
thoracic
c)
inguinal
d)
cervical
39.
A condition that results in thick blood due to to many red blood cells is called:
a)
hemophilia
b)
hyperlipidemia
c)
thalassemia
d)
polycythemia vera
40.
A blockage of lymph flow is called:
a)
lymphangioma
b)
lymphedema
c)
lymphadenitis
d)
lymphoplexy
41.
Severe itching due to hives is called:
a)
urticaria
b)
anaphylactic shock
c)
dyscaria
d)
sarcoidosis
42.
The test for HIV-AIDS Is:
a)
ELISA
b)
PCP
c)
KS
d)
SMAC
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