Lymphatic system

The most affected system is the nervous system. It is the nervous system because when you receive a concussion your brain is pushed up against your skull. The brain transports messages to other parts of your body and since your brain is injured you are most likely to have trouble reacting to things and may not feel as much pain as you usually would. Two important parts of the endocrine system, the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus, are located in or near the brain. Traumatic brain injures…

The immune system is a highly integrated, diverse task force the body recruited with the sole mission of protection against invading forces of infection, pathogens and mutant cells. The immune system is always surveilling for the enemy through its ranks of innate immune cells which lack memory and specificity including, neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils and monocytes. These cells patrol and destroy anything suspicious whether they have seen it before or not and have the ability to alert higher…

absence of T-lymphocyte and B-lymphocyte function” (Immune Deficiency Foundation IDF, 2016). The lymphatic system comprises of organs and tissue that produce immune cells and one of their main functions is to confer immunity to every part of the body. The function of the T-lymphocyte and B-lymphocyte in the lymphatic immune system cannot be overstressed as they make up the major responses that the immune system gives when it encounters a foreign antigen. Hematopoiesis is a process that involves…

Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, is caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. These parasites cause two disease forms that occur in different geographical regions of Africa: West and Central Africa, versus East and South Africa, respectively. (2) However, most cases of HAT are due to Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. (1) The tsetse fly acts as the vector for the transmission of this protozoan parasite between mammalian hosts. Both…

localized lymphatic tissue. Before the appearance of the rash, the virus travels to different organs (Gans & Maldonado, 2016). Mumps, the second aspect of the MMR vaccination, also spread by respiratory droplets. Common symptoms include fever, malaise, anorexia, and headache. Parotid gland swelling frequently occurs 48 hours after the initial symptoms. Parotitis is caused by the virus directly infecting the ductal epithelium. The testes, eyes, ovaries, pancreas, joints, central nervous system…

Sarcoidosis was first mentioned by J. Hurtchinson in early 1869, and was thought to be a dermatological condition based on a patient he had seen. During that summer, he visted Christiania (now Oslo, Norway), and viewed a compilation of pathological drawings, including one of a healthy, Swedish sailor, a patient of C.W. Boeck. The sailor had skin lesions comparable to those of Hutchinson's original patient. However, unlike Hutchinson's original patient, this one did not suffer from gout. In…

Neutrophils are a part of the innate immune system which provides a quick responders to the site of injury and inflammation. When there is an injury to mast cells, they release chemical messengers such as histamine and cytokines. Histamine signals vascular permeability and vasodilation, which allows leakage of blood components intended to fight infection and initiate healing. Cytokines are nonspecific chemical messengers which alert uninjured cells that an injury has occurred. Chemokines are…

Genetics plays a large role in the function of the thyroid gland along with environmental factors. The thyroid is a very important gland in the body that I largely overlooked. It plays an important role in hormone balance and metabolism and any imbalance can largely affect the rest of the body. This paper will address the four major types of autoimmune disease associated with the thyroid and the genes and environmental influences that play a role in these diseases. First off, where is exactly…

I chose lupus as the autoimmune disease that I am doing my discussion on. Lupus is a disease where the body’s immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks healthy tissue. Symptoms of lupus can vary but some symptoms are: fatigue, rash, inflammation, swelling, and fever. These can sometimes get better for a while and then you can have (flare-ups) where it gets worse again. A doctor who is considering the possibility of lupus will look for signs of inflammation which include, pain, heat,…

body is a complex system of cells, tissues, and organs working together to form systems. There are twelve systems total in the human body and they are: Integumentary, Skeletal, Muscular, Immune, Lymphatic, Cardiovascular, Urinary, Digestive, Respiratory, Nervous, Endocrine, and Reproductive Systems. All the systems are important to the body to function as a whole. If one system is not working correctly, then results are fatal to that person. I believe that the most important systems are the…