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11 Lymphatic and Immune Systems
11 Lymphatic and Immune Systems
Topic: Lymphatic and Immune Systems
Text Reference: Chapter 11. Lymphatic and Immune Systems
Objectives: Students should be able to…
Identify meanings of key word components of the lymphatic and immune systems
Prefixes
a- (absence of, without)
an- (absence of, without)
ana- (up, upward or back, backward)
brady- (slow)
inter- (between)
pan- (all)
Combining Forms
immun/o (immune, immunity)
lymph/o (lymph, lymph tissue)
lymphaden/o (lymph gland, lymph node)
myel/o (bone marrow, spinal cord)
splen/o (spleen)
thym/o (thymus gland)
tox/o (poison)
Suffixes
-ac (one affected with)
-apheresis (withdrawal or removal)
-cyte (cell)
-ectomy (excision, cut out)
-itis (inflammation)
-logist (specialist, physician who studies and treats)
-logy (study of)
-megaly (enlarged, enlargement)
-oid (resembling)
-oma (tumor, swelling)
-osis (abnormal condition)
-pathy (disease)
-penia (decrease, deficiency)
-poiesis (formation, production)
-rrhaphy (suturing)
Apply the rules of medical language to pronounce, break into word parts, and define the following terms.
Label each word part by using the following abbreviations:
P = Prefix
WR = Word Root
CV = Combining Vowel
S = Suffix
CF = Combining Form
Example: osteoarthropathy (ä-stē-ō-är-THROP-ă-thē) – disease of bone and joint
WR CV WR CV S
oste / o / arthr / o /pathy
CF CF
Practice pronouncing and defining these medical terms that are not easily broken into word parts.
acute inflammation (ă-KŪT in-flă-MĀ-shŏn)
afferent lymphatic vessels (AF-ĕ-rĕnt lim-FAT-ik VES-ĕls)
allergen (AL-ĕr-jĕn)
allergist (AL-ĕr-jist)
allergy (AL-ĕr-jē)
antibody (ANT-i-bod-ē)
antigen (ANT-i-jĕn)
apoptosis (ap-ŏp-TŌ-sĭs)
autoimmune disease (OT-ō-im-yūn diz-ĒZ)
bone marrow (bōn MAR-ō)
chronic inflammation (KRON-ĭk in-flă-MĀ-shŏn)
chyle (kīl)
efferent lymphatic vessels (EF-ĕ-rĕnt lim-FAT-ik VES-ĕls)
erythroblastosis fetalis (ĕ-rĭth-rō-blăs-TŌ-sĭs fĕ-TAL-ĭs)
graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
histamine (HIS-tă-mēn)
immunity (im-Ū-nĭt-ē)
immunodeficiency (im-yŭ-nō-dĕ-FISH-ĕn-sē)
immunological memory (im-yŭ-NOL-ŏ-jē- kăl MEM-ŏ-rē)
inflammation (in-flă-MĀ-shŏn)
innate immune response (ĭn-NĀT i-MŪN ri-SPONS)
intersititial (in-tĕr-STISH-ăl)
intersititial space (in-tĕr-STISH-ăl spās)
lymph (limf)
lymph node (limf nōd)
passive immunity (PĂS-ĭv im-Ū-nĭt-ē)
severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) (im-yŭ-nō-dĕ-FISH-ĕn-sē)
spleen (splēn)
thymus (THĪ-mŭs)
tonsils (TON-sĭls)
vaccine (vak-SĒN)
Practice pronouncing and defining these commonly abbreviated lymphatic and immune terms.
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)
CBC and DIff (complete blood count and differential)
CD4+ Cell (helper T cell)
CD8+ Cell (cytotoxic T cell)
CMV (cytomegalovirus- causes opportunistic AIDS-related infection)
Crypto (Cryptococcus- causes opportunistic AIDS-related infection)
ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay – test to detect anti-HIV antibodies)
G-CSF (granulocyte colony-stimulating factor – cytokine that promotes neutrophil production)