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| What consist of fibrous partitions called trabecular? |
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| What does a lymph node do? |
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| functions like a water filter to purify lymph before it reaches venous circulation |
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| What happens to the thyroid and uterus after birth? |
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| removes abnormal blood cells and other blood components by phagocytosis, stores iron recycled from RBC, initiation of immune responses by B and T cells in response to antigens |
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| What is one of the only organs you can live without? |
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| largest cells in blood (macrophages) |
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| small proteins released by activated lymphocytes and macrophages and by tissue cells infected with viruses that attack the virus cells |
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| tissue destruction that occurs after cells have been injured or destroyed |
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| substance released by macrophages that causes an increase in temperature (within limits-fever is beneficial) |
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| allergic response to things such as penicillin, bee stings, etc cause swelling, hives, narrowed passageways that make breaking extremely difficult, etc |
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| How can anaphylactic shock be treated? |
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| injection of epinephrine (adrenaline) |
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| prokaryotic (without a nucleus and membrane bound organelles) |
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| cells with a nucleus and organelles |
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| noncellular pathogens that replicate by directing the synthesis of virus specific proteins and nucleic acids inside tissue cells |
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| What are pockets in lungs where all gas exchange between air and blood occurs |
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