anatomical terms
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- lymph ducts
- collecting channels that carry lymph from the lymph nodes to the veins
- macrocytosis
- the pressence of large red blood cells
- active immunity
- an immunity that protects the body against a future infection as the result of antibodies that develop after contracting an infection or after administration of a vaccine
- antibody
- a substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates
- hemolysis
- breakdown of the red blood red cell membrane
- lymphocytopenia
- an abnormally reduced number of lymphocytes
- eryhthropenia
- an abnormallyreduced number of red blood red cells
- lymphadenopathy
- the pressence of enlarged diesesed lymph nodes
- anisocytosis
- the pressence of red blood red cells of unequal size
- lymph
- fluid originating in the organs and tissues of the body that is circulated through the lymph
- passive immunity
- an immunity resulting from antibodies that are conveyed through the placenta to a fetus or by injection of a serum containing antibodies
- lymph nodes
- many small oval structures that filter the lympth recieved from the lymph vessels major locations include the cervical region axillary region and inguinal region
- antigen
- a substance that when introduced into the body causes the formation of antibodies against it
- immunocompromised
- impaired immunological defenses caused by an immunodefficiency disorder
- right lymphatic duct
- right receives lymph from the upper right part of the body
- lacteals
- specialized lympth vessels in the small intestine that absorb fat into the bloodstream
- lymph vessels
- vessesls that recieve lymph from the lymph capillaries and circulated through the lymph nodes
- poikilocytosis
- the pressence of large irregulary shaped red blood cells
- thoracic duct
- recieves lymph from the left side of the head neck chest abdomen left arem and lower extremities
- chyle
- a white or pale yellow substance of the lymph that contains fatty substances absorbed by the lacteals
- microcytosis
- the pressence of small red blood cells
- splenomegaly
- enlargement of the spleen
- thymus
- the primary gland of the lymphatic system located within the medastinum helps maintain the bodys immune response by producing t lympocytes
- spleen
- the organ between the stomach and diaphragm that filters out going blood cells removes cellular debris by performing phagocytosis and provides the enviroment for the initation of immune responses by lmphocytes
- immunity
- process of disease protection induced by exposure to an antigen