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Teas 7 immune system Exam -Questions with Correct Answers/ Verified/ Latest Update (2024/2025)
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Teas 7 immune system Exam -Questions with Correct Answers/Verified/ Latest Update (2024/2025)
function of immune system - ✔✔protects the body against invading pathogens including
bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protists.
lymphatic system - ✔✔Lymph, lymph capillaries, lymph vessels, lymph nodes. Skeletal
muscle contractions move the lymph one way through the lymphatic system to lymphatic
ducts, it gets dumped back into venous supply via lymph nodes
Red marrow→blood cells Leukocytes→WBC
Lymph nodes - ✔✔Located in neck, armpit, and groin
Small swellings in the lymphatic system where lymph where lymph is filtered, and
lymphocytes are formed
lymph tissue - ✔✔Tonsils, adenoids, thymus, spleen, Peyer's patches
Tonsils: Located in pharynx, protects against pathogens entering via mouth or throat.
Thymus: Maturation chamber for immune T-cells formed in bone marrow
Spleen: Cleans blood of dead cells and pathogens
Peyer's Patches: Located in ileum of small intestine, protects the GI tract from pathogens
types of leukocytes - ✔✔lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils
Leukocytes - ✔✔white blood cells, produced in red bone marrow
Lymphocytes - ✔✔B cells, T cells, natural killer cells
Monocytes - ✔✔macrophages and dendritic cells
Eosinophils - ✔✔Large, long-living phagocytes that defend against multicellular invaders
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