WorksheetsThe Lymphatic and Immune System
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
How does the lymphatic system fit into an airport analogy?
Securtiy checkpoints
Baggage claim
Transport busses
Flight attendant
What is lymph?
water
white blood cells
red blood cells
a watery fluid
What is the function of lymphatic vessels?
Remove extra fluid
Filter blood
Filter lymph
Destroy platelets
What is the function of the lymph nodes?
Remove foreign particles from the lymph
Collect extra fluid
Produce lymphocytes
Filter blood
What are capillaries?
Lymphatic tissues
Platelet destroyers
A type of lymphatic vessel
Bed of blood vessels that carry nutrients and oxygen to cells
Where are lymphatic capillaries located?
In and among the blood capillaries
Surrounding the major arteries and veins
In the spleen
Only in the hands and feet
Which of the following causes lymphatic vessels to move lymphatic fluid?
High pressure in extracellular spaces
Valves and skeletal muscle contractions
Pumping of the heart
Exhalation
The lymphocytes are inspection agents that may release other cells to attack unwanted organisms. They may be specialized.
True
False
Why can you feel your lymph nodes more prominently when you are sick or have an infection?
It's an early warning system that your brain triggers to prepare for an infection.
They become congested due to disease or infection.
The cause of swollen lymph nodes is unknown.
Where are the tonsils located?
In the walls of the small intestine
In the center of the chest
In the mouth and throat
In the abdomen behind the stomach
Where are Peyer's patches located?
The walls of the small intestine
In the center of the chest
In the throat
On the left side of the abdomen behind the stomach
The appendix is a useless organ and serves no purpose.
True
False
The non-specific immune response will attack.
One specific type of microorganism
Any microorganism that it remembers from a past battle
Any microorganism that tries to attack the body
Anything that you have been vaccinated against
Your skin is a great barrier to keep out microorganisms unless it gets...
sewage on it
keratinized with a waterproofing layer on top
scratched, broken or torn
thickened
Which of the following is NOT protected by a mucous membrane?
Respiratory tract
Reproductive tract
Digestive tract
brain tract
Which of the following is NOT a non-specific bodily secretion that fights invaders?
acid in the stomach
saliva
tears
antibodies
The cell named "phagocyte" is specialed to...
eat
play videogames
transport oxygen
Pus is made of...
gross nastiness
dead neutrophils that gave their little unicellular lives to save your big multicellular life
rotten skin cells that have died due to being infected by another organism
mucous membrane that is extruded through a wound
Histamine, a chemical released by neutrophils, causes changes that lead to...
swelling
redness
warmth
inflammation
All are correct
Monocytes leave the blood stream and transform into hungry....
neutrophils
macrophages
erthryocytes
natural killer cells
Pyrogens, like pyromaniacs, set you on fire by increasing your temperature and causing...
you to throw up
you to have a fever
you to have a migraine
you to loose your battle with infection
Large molecules that cause the immune system to respond are known as...
octogens
genxers
antigen
fighters
Where do all blood cells originate?
spleen
heart
bone marrow
liver
When a lymphocyte "matures" it chemically learns how to...
know the difference between self-proteins and antigens
drive
have little baby lymphocytes
duplicate itself
What is another name for the active fighter cells?
blood cells
effector cells
memory cells
cancer cells
Aggulitination makes it harder for macrophages to gobble up antigens.
True
False
Why can't all vaccines work for life?
Some viruses make new surface proteins
The viruses get bigger
You lose all your original antibodies
The main thing that Helper T cells do is raise the alarm to tell other immune cells that there is a problem.
True
False
The main job of Cytotoxic T cells is to kill infected body cells.
True
False
How does the HIV virus attack humans?
It attacks macrophages
It attacks B cells
It attacks Helpler T cells
It attacks Cytotoxic T cells
