Chapter 14 Medical Term – Flashcards
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Slight increased in number of lymphocytes
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lymphocytosis
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Lymphocytes that transform into plasma cells and secret antibodies
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B Cells
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Inflammation of the tonsils
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tonsillitis*
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Malignant tumor of lymph nodes
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Hodgkin disease
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Immune response in which B cells transform into plasma cells and secrete antibodies
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humoral immunity
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Introduction of altered antigens to produce an immune response
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vaccination*
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Inguinal, axillary, mediastinal, cervical
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Lymph nodes are concentrated in those areas
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Computerized x-ray imagining in the transverse plane
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CT Scan
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Protozoal (paracytic) infection associated with AIDS that may cause pneumonitis, hepatitis, and encephalitis
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toxoplasmosis
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Helper of suppressor cells are types of
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T Cells
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Spleen
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abdominal organ that filters erythrocytes and activates lymphocytes
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Mediastinal T Cell producer
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thymus
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Toxic
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pertaining to poison
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Immune response in which T cells destroy antigens
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cell mediated immunity
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Formation of lymph
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lymphopoiesis*
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Formation of lymph
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lymphopoiesis
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examples of immunoglobins
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IgA, IgG, IgE
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Cytotoxic cells
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T cell lymphocytes
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HIV
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the virus that causes AIDs
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Lymphocytes contained in the thymus gland that act on antigens
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T cells
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Masses of lymph tissue in the nasopharynx
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adenoids*
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Produces lymphocytes and monocytes and all other blood cells
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bone marrow
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tonsils
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oropharyngeal lymph tissue
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Atopy
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a hypersensitivity or allergic state
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Proteins that stimulate grown of T-Cells
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Interleukins*
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Lymphocytes, monocytes, phagocytes, antibodies
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components of the immune system
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Cancer arising from the lining cells of capillaries, producing purplish skin nodules
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Kaposi sarcoma
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Fluid in the spaces between cells
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Interstitial fluid*
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Interstitial fluid
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found in the spaces between cells and becomes lymph when it enters the lymph capillaries
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Adenoids
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Nasopharyngeal lymph tissue
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Viral infection causing blisters on the skin of lips, nose, or genitals
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herpes simplex
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Fungal infection associated with AIDS involving brain and meaning lungs and skin
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cryptococcus
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Thymus gland*
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organ in the chest that produces t-cells
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Interferons and interleukins are best described as
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antiviral proteins produced by T-cell lymphcytes
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Major lung infection with fever, cough, chest pain, and sputum (treated with septra/bactim
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Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
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Collection of fluid in the tissue
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lymphedema*
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Spell Allergy
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allergy
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Spell anaphylaxis
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anaphylaxis
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spell axillary nodes
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axillary nodes
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spell immunoglobulin
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immunoglobulin
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spell inguinal nodes
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inguinal nodes
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spell lymph
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spell lymph
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spell lymphocytopenia
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lymphocytopenia
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spell macrophage
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macrophage
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spell splenectomy
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splenectomy
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spell Hodgkin disease
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Hodgkin disease
