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The Lymphatic and Immune System

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does the lymphatic system fit into an airport analogy?

a)

Securtiy checkpoints

b)

Baggage claim

c)

Transport busses

d)

Flight attendant

2.

What is lymph?

a)

water

b)

white blood cells

c)

red blood cells

d)

a watery fluid

3.

What is the function of lymphatic vessels?

a)

Remove extra fluid

b)

Filter blood

c)

Filter lymph

d)

Destroy platelets

4.

What is the function of the lymph nodes?

a)

Remove foreign particles from the lymph

b)

Collect extra fluid

c)

Produce lymphocytes

d)

Filter blood

5.

What are capillaries?

a)

Lymphatic tissues

b)

Platelet destroyers

c)

A type of lymphatic vessel

d)

Bed of blood vessels that carry nutrients and oxygen to cells

6.

Where are lymphatic capillaries located?

a)

In and among the blood capillaries

b)

Surrounding the major arteries and veins

c)

In the spleen

d)

Only in the hands and feet

7.

Which of the following causes lymphatic vessels to move lymphatic fluid?

a)

High pressure in extracellular spaces

b)

Valves and skeletal muscle contractions

c)

Pumping of the heart

d)

Exhalation

8.

The lymphocytes are inspection agents that may release other cells to attack unwanted organisms. They may be specialized.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Why can you feel your lymph nodes more prominently when you are sick or have an infection?

a)

It's an early warning system that your brain triggers to prepare for an infection.

b)

They become congested due to disease or infection.

c)

The cause of swollen lymph nodes is unknown.

10.

Where are the tonsils located?

a)

In the walls of the small intestine

b)

In the center of the chest

c)

In the mouth and throat

d)

In the abdomen behind the stomach

11.

Where are Peyer's patches located?

a)

The walls of the small intestine

b)

In the center of the chest

c)

In the throat

d)

On the left side of the abdomen behind the stomach

12.

The appendix is a useless organ and serves no purpose.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The non-specific immune response will attack.

a)

One specific type of microorganism

b)

Any microorganism that it remembers from a past battle

c)

Any microorganism that tries to attack the body

d)

Anything that you have been vaccinated against

14.

Your skin is a great barrier to keep out microorganisms unless it gets...

a)

sewage on it

b)

keratinized with a waterproofing layer on top

c)

scratched, broken or torn

d)

thickened

15.

Which of the following is NOT protected by a mucous membrane?

a)

Respiratory tract

b)

Reproductive tract

c)

Digestive tract

d)

brain tract

16.

Which of the following is NOT a non-specific bodily secretion that fights invaders?

a)

acid in the stomach

b)

saliva

c)

tears

d)

antibodies

17.

The cell named "phagocyte" is specialed to...

a)

eat

b)

play videogames

c)

transport oxygen

18.

Pus is made of...

a)

gross nastiness

b)

dead neutrophils that gave their little unicellular lives to save your big multicellular life

c)

rotten skin cells that have died due to being infected by another organism

d)

mucous membrane that is extruded through a wound

19.

Histamine, a chemical released by neutrophils, causes changes that lead to...

a)

swelling

b)

redness

c)

warmth

d)

inflammation

e)

All are correct

20.

Monocytes leave the blood stream and transform into hungry....

a)

neutrophils

b)

macrophages

c)

erthryocytes

d)

natural killer cells

21.

Pyrogens, like pyromaniacs, set you on fire by increasing your temperature and causing...

a)

you to throw up

b)

you to have a fever

c)

you to have a migraine

d)

you to loose your battle with infection

22.

Large molecules that cause the immune system to respond are known as...

a)

octogens

b)

genxers

c)

antigen

d)

fighters

23.

Where do all blood cells originate?

a)

spleen

b)

heart

c)

bone marrow

d)

liver

24.

When a lymphocyte "matures" it chemically learns how to...

a)

know the difference between self-proteins and antigens

b)

drive

c)

have little baby lymphocytes

d)

duplicate itself

25.

What is another name for the active fighter cells?

a)

blood cells

b)

effector cells

c)

memory cells

d)

cancer cells

26.

Aggulitination makes it harder for macrophages to gobble up antigens.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Why can't all vaccines work for life?

a)

Some viruses make new surface proteins

b)

The viruses get bigger

c)

You lose all your original antibodies

28.

The main thing that Helper T cells do is raise the alarm to tell other immune cells that there is a problem.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

The main job of Cytotoxic T cells is to kill infected body cells.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

How does the HIV virus attack humans?

a)

It attacks macrophages

b)

It attacks B cells

c)

It attacks Helpler T cells

d)

It attacks Cytotoxic T cells