Lymph is largely composed of water that has escaped from ________.

From what part of the body does the right lymphatic duct collects lymph?

Which blood vessels receive lymph from the right lymphatic duct and the thoracic duct?

Which one of the following is NOT a mechanism that aids lymph return to the heart?

Jill felt small, swollen structures under her chin in her neck during a recent head cold. She probably had swollen ________.

Which lymphatic organ's major job is to destroy worn-out red blood cells and return some of the products to the liver?

Which of the following lymphoid organs functions at peak level during youth?

Excess accumulation of fluid, which impairs the exchange of materials within the tissues, is called ________.

All lymph flows in a one-way system toward the ________.

Peyer's patches and the tonsils are part of the collection of small lymphoid tissues that protect the upper respiratory and digestive tracts from infection and are referred to as ________.

Which of the following are harmful or disease-causing microorganisms from which nonspecific defenses protect the body?

Redness, heat, swelling, and pain are the four most common indicators of ________.

What mediates the adaptive defense system (specific defense system)?

The binding of complement proteins to certain sugar or proteins on a foreign cell's surface is called ________.

What small proteins are secreted by virus-infected cells to help defend cells that have not yet been infected?

A(an)________ is any substance capable of mobilizing our immune system and provoking an immune response.

What are troublesome small molecules or incomplete antigens that may mount an attack that is harmful rather than protective called?

T cells or B cells that are capable of responding to a specific antigen by binding to it with antigen-specific receptors that appear on the lymphocyte's surface are considered ________.

Which of the following is NOT a cell that behaves as an antigen-presenting cell (APC)?

Active immunity to tetanus, whooping cough, and polio can be artificially acquired when we receive ________.

Antibodies provided by serum from an immune donor or an animal donor do not challenge the B cells and thus provide ________.

What type of cell specializes in killing virus-infected, cancer, or foreign graft cells directly?

What are tissue grafts harvested from a different animal species called?

Systemic (body-wide) acute allergic response caused by allergens that directly enter the blood, as with certain bee stings or spider bites, is called ________.

AIDS cripples the immune system by interfering with the activity of cells called ________.

Which system is a functional system, not an organ system in the anatomical sense, that consists of innate and adaptive defense mechanisms?

What is the body's first line of defense against the invasion of disease-causing microorganisms?

The adaptive (specific) defense system ________.

Which one of the following is NOT one of the nonspecific body defenses?

The process by which neutrophils are squeezed through the capillary walls during the inflammatory process is called ________.

Which of the following best describes positive chemotaxis?

The inflammatory process begins with release of chemicals, which do all of the following EXCEPT ________.

Membrane attack complexes (MAC) form holes in attacked cells causing them to burst; this is a result of ________.

What does fever accomplish?

Which of the following is NOT applicable to the third line of defense?

Humoral immunity is provided by ________.

Which statement regarding the role of T lymphocytes (T cells) is true?

Where do B cells develop immunocompetence?

How do plasma cells assist with humoral immunity?

Due to a recent respiratory illness from a viral infection, Jennifer has now developed ________.

Which portion of the antibody's structure determines the antibody's class?

Which abundant antibody is the only one to cross the placental barrier?

Which statement is true of antibody IgE?

Which one of the following is NOT an autoimmune disease?