term	page reference
lymphatic system	755
lymph	755
lymphatic capillary	755
collecting vessel	756
lymphatic trunk	757
collecting duct	757
right lymphatic duct	757
thoracic duct	757
cisterna chyli	757
diffuse lymphatic tissue	758
mucosa-associated lymphatic tissue (MALT)	758
lymphatic nodule	758
Peyer patches	760
lymph node	760
germinal center	760
afferent lymphatic vessel	760
efferent lymphatic vessel	760
tonsils	762
tonsillar crypts	762
palatine tonsil	762
lingual tonsil	762
pharyngeal tonsil	762
thymus	762
involution	762
thymopoietin	762
thymosin	762
spleen	762
red pulp	762
white pulp	762
nonspecific resistance	764
immunity	764
lysozyme	765
phagocyte	765
killing zone	765
degranulation	765
respiratory burst	765
natural killer (NK) cell	765
macrophage system	765
histiocyte	765
inflammation	765
cardinal signs	766
inflammatory chemicals	766
bradykinin	766
margination	767
diapedesis	767
chemotaxis	767
leukocytosis-promoting factor	767
pus	767
platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)	768
interferon	768
complement system	768
classical pathway	768
complement fixation	768
alternate pathway	768
opsonization	768
cytolysis	768
fever	768
pyrogen	768
immune system	771
humoral immunity	771
cellular immunity	771
antigen (Ag)	772
antigenic determinant	772
hapten	772
antibody (Ab)	772
antibody monomer	772
heavy chain	772
light chain	772
variable region	772
antigen-binding site	772
constant region	773
IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG, IgM	773
passive immunity	773
active immunity	773
T lymphocyte	773
B lymphocyte	773
immunocompetent	774
clone	774
virgin lymphocyte pool	774
clonal deletion	774
self-tolerance	774
antigen-presenting cell (APC)	774
interleukin	774
lymphokine	774
monokine	774
capping	775
antigen display	775
MHC protein	775
immunological surveillance	775
helper factor	776
clonal selection	776
plasma cell	776
somatic recombination	777
neutralization	777
agglutination	778
precipitation	778
primary immune response	779
antibody titer	779
memory cell	779
secondary (anamnestic) immune response	779
cytotoxic T cell	780
helper T cell	780
suppressor T cell	780
memory T cell	780
MHC-I and MHC-II proteins	780
MHC restriction	780
costimulation	780
macrophage-activating factor (MAF)	781
lethal hit	781
perforin	781
lymphotoxin	782
tumor necrosis factor (TNF)	782
migration-inhibiting factor (MIF)	782
T cell recall response	783
hypersensitivity	784
allergen	784
type I hypersensitivity	784
anaphylaxis	785
asthma	785
anaphylactic shock	785
type II hypersensitivity	785
type III hypersensitivity	785
type IV hypersensitivity	785
autoimmune disease	785
autoantibody	785
severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID)	786
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)	787
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)	787

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