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16 Cards in this Set
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Phagocytes |
White blood cells that roam through your tissues and body cavities and golfing and disposing of any bacteria viruses and cellular dibris |
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Histamine |
A chemical messenger produced by white blood cells when invading microorganisms or foreign substances are detected in the body |
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Interferon |
A chemical messenger produced by infected body cells to limit the spread of a virus |
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Antibodies |
Y shaped protein molecules that act like molecular homing missiles |
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White blood cells |
These cells also called leukocytes do the work of protecting your body against Invaders |
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Cytokines |
Chemical signals that white blood cells use to communicate over long distances |
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Histamine |
Chemical messenger created by white blood cells when invading microorganisms or foreign substances are detected in the body |
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Tissue fluid |
A fluid which originates in the plasma of the blood and surrounds the body's cells |
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Lymphatic system |
Works as a drainage and sanitation system for tissue fluid |
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Lymph vessels |
A one-way transportation system that does not circulate like blood |
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Limp |
Tissue fluid that enters lymph vessels and eventually empty into the blood |
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Lymph nodes |
Serve as bases and staging areas for white blood cells |
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Tonsils and adenoids |
To accumulations of lymph nodes in the throat that protect the entrance to the body |
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Peyer's patches |
Lymph node groups located in the intestinal wall of the ileum |
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Spleen |
The body's largest lymph organ |
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Thymus |
One of the most inconspicuous lymphatic organs |
