Name: Kristen Jones Section: Lab Report 5: Lymphatic System – Lab Manual Pages 103-112 Relevant Websites to Help You with This Lab – Be sure to review these Websites before and during the completion of this Lab. • Antigen/Antibody Test Results • Human Anatomy Online : The Lymphatic System • Immune Response Animation • Lymph Node Animation Review Your Lab Summary: What were the most significant 2 or 3 concepts you learned while doing this Lab? Exercise 1: Microscopic Anatomy of Lymphatic Structures Questions: A. How are lymph, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes related? a. They are related because the lymphatic system is a network of tissues and organs. It is made up mainly of lymph vessels, …show more content…
Describe what you observed in section 3 of the dish. Questions: A. Explain what is meant by “memory” as a characteristic of the immune response. a. B. How does our immune response distinguish between our own cells and foreign invaders? a. This function is mediated by T cells and B cells (memory cells) in our body via adaptive immunity. The adaptive immune system evolved in early vertebrates and allows for a stronger immune response as well as immunological memory, where each pathogen is “remembered” by a signature antigen. The adaptive immune response is antigen-specific and requires the recognition of specific “non-self” antigens during a process called antigen presentation. Antigen specificity allows for the generation of responses that are tailored to specific pathogens or pathogen-infected cells. The ability to mount these tailored responses is maintained in the body by memory cells. Should a pathogen infect the body more than once, these specific memory cells are used to quickly eliminate it. So basically killer T cells will identify antigens present on foreign cells. These antigens are not found in any of the cells inside our body. Therefore, T cells will identify them and kill them. C. What are lymphocytes and where are they produced? a. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell, which are an important part of the immune system. Lymphocytes can defend the body
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The immune system depends on the body’s structures to help it function. For instance, the skin acts as the “body’s first line of defense.” If a pathogen finds a breach in the skin barrier, it is the circulatory system that must now signal the immune system of the invader. Shortly after, white blood cells will be notified of the infection and will target and destroy the pathogen.
Complete Table 2 and answer Post Lab Questions 1 through 4 in complete sentences on the Week Three Lab Reporting Form.
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This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions, diagrams if needed, and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor.
This document is not meant to be a substitute for a formal laboratory report. The Lab Report Assistant is simply a summary of the experiment’s questions, diagrams if needed, and data tables that should be addressed in a formal lab report. The intent is to facilitate students’ writing of lab reports by providing this information in an editable file which can be sent to an instructor.
The organs that make up the lymphatic and immune system are the tonsils, spleen, thymus gland, lymph nodes, and lymphatic vessels. White blood cells (leukocytes), red blood cells (erythrocytes), plasma, and platelets (thrombocytes) make up the blood. Lymphocytes are leukocytes (white blood cells) that help the body fight off diseases. Two types of lymphocytes are B cells and T cells. Lymphocytes recognize antigens, or foreign substances/matter, in the body. Lymphocytes are a classification of agranulocytes, or cells (-cytes) without (a-) granules (granul/o) in the cytoplasm. B cells are created from stem cells, which are located in the bone marrow. B cells respond to antigens by becoming plasma cells. These plasma cells then create antibodies. Memory B cells produce a stronger response with the next exposure to the antigen. B cells fight off infection and bacteria while T cells defend against viruses and cancer cells. A hormone created by the thymus gland called thymosin changes lymphocytes into T cells. The thymus gland is active when you are a child and slowly shrinks, as you get older. T cells bind to the antigens on the cells and directly attack them. T cells secrete lymphokines that increase T cell production and directly kill cells with antigens. There are three types of T cells: cytotoxic T cells, helper T cells, and memory T cells.
The most complex relationship of the lymphatic system is with the lymphoid and skeletal system. The complexity of this
There are three different types, T cells, B cells and natural killer cells. T cells are generated in the thymus gland and have a T-cell receptor molecule that is specialised and is found on the cells surface. T cells bind to antigens after it identifies them. The next type, B cells develop in the bone marrow and they have a B-cell receptor. This is a protein that is specialised, like T-cells it is means B-cells are able to attach to specific antigens that they identify. Both T-cells and B-cells have binding sites that are highly specific, this enable them to identify antigens that have invaded the body and stick to them, Lastly, natural killer cells have a cytotoxic nature which means they can destroy cells. Also, they have the ability to identify cells that have been infected by a virus and destroy them (Arrington,
Amid these little changes in lymphatic widths, after the NOS barricade in MLV of both matured
Describe the function of the lymphatic system and explain how its structure enables it to carry out its duties. Include what is lymph and how does it get into the lymphatic system, what happens to it along the way (and what structures are involved) and what happens to it when the lymph system is through with it...
The lymphatic system can be looked at as a waste system required in the human body. This waste system performs a specific circulation to keep the bodily fluids balanced. As blood flows through the human body, blood plasma spills in the tissues through the narrow walls of the capillaries. The part of the blood plasma that leaves is known as extracellular or interstitial fluid. Extracellular fluid contains amino acids, oxygen, glucose and different supplements required by tissue cells. Although the vast majority of this fluid leaks instantly over into the blood stream, a level of it, alongside the particulate matter, is left out. The lymphatic system expels this fluid and these materials from tissues, returning them through the lymphatic vessels to the blood stream, hence keeping a fluid imbalance that results in the organism’s death.