LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TONSILS

 2 Tonsils at the back of tongue

FUNCTION  2 Tonsils at the back of mouth
 Transport of fluid called LYMPH  1 Tonsils at the upper throat
 Vital role in maintaining the normal volume of blood  They destroy bacteria, carried by food or air
 Provision of sites for the cell of immune system to
attack and destroy invading pathogens
PEYER’S PATCHES
LYMPH  Small patches of lymph tissue found in the wall of
 Is chemically similar to the plasma lower small intestine and the appendix.
 Contains large protein molecules  Contains macrophages and lymphocytes

LYMPH VESSEL DEFENCES AGAINST INFECTION

 Like a blood vessel where lymph flows
 NON-SPECIFIC DEFENCES
LYMPH ORGANS o Repel and attack any pathogens
 LYMPH NODES o Built into the body from birth
o Look like bumps and they resemble knots in a
string of lymph vessels.  TWO DEFENCES
o They filtered lymph and continues on its way o SURFACE BARRIERS
back to bloodstream  Provide the first line of defence against
o Found in the neck, armpit and groin
pathogens
o Contains macrophages and lymphocytes
o They detect and destroy pathogens and cancer  It secretes mucus
cell and engulf debris  MUCUS – Traps pathogens
o DEFENSIVE CELL
SWOLLEN GLANDS
CELLULAR AND CHEMICAL DEFENCE
 Infection in lymph nodes and become inflamed
 Destroy specific pathogens and retain memory of them
PHAGOCYTOSIS TWO PARTS OF IMMUNE SYSTEM
 Mature lymphocytes then disperse to lymph nodes,
 Cell eaters
spleen and other lymph tissue
 Attracted to sites of infection
 They trap and engulf prey HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSE or ANTI-BODY MEDIATED
 B-LYMPHOCYTES
NATURAL KILLER CELL (NK) o They recognize the antigen
 They target cells infected by viruses as well as cancer o They produces antibody that binds with the
cell antigen
 Destroy virus with toxic chemicals o Produces memory B-Cell

ANTI-MICROBIAL PROTEIN CELL MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE

 COMPLEMENT  T-LYMPHOCYTES
o It enhances the immune response and o Responds well to cell invaded by virus and
inflammation cancer
o Makes pathogen TASTY o Locks the target pathogens and kill it with
chemical
 INTERFERON o T Cell retain in the memory
o released by cells already affected by virus
o It binds to nearby cell and protects them from
viral infection

 FEVER

IMMUNE SYSTEM
 Produces defence system
 Triggered by antigens(carried by pathogens)
 I.S retain the memory of antigen