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LYMPHOID ORGANS - Coggle Diagram
LYMPHOID ORGANS
SPLEEN
LARGE BEAN SHAPED ORGAN
CONTAINS LYMPHOCYTES AND PHAGOCYTES
ACTS AS FILTER OF BLOOD BY TRAPPING BLOOD-BORNE MICRORGANISMS
HAS LARGE RESERVOIR OF ERYTHROCYTES
THYMUS
LOBED ORGAN
LOCATED NEAR HEART AND BENEATH BREASTBONE
REDUCE IN SIZE WITH AGE
LYMPH NODES
SMALL SOLID STRUCTURES
SERVE TO TRAP MICRORAGNISMS
ANTIGEN TRAPPED IN THIS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTIVATION OF LYMPHOCYTES
MALT
LOCATED AT LINING OF TRACTS
CONSTITUTES 50%
MUCOUS ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE
BONE MARROW
MAIN ORGAN
BLOOD CELLS AND LYMPHOCYTES PRODUCING SITE
PRIMARY
IMMATURE LYMPHOCYTE CHANGES INTO ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC
SECONDARY
TONSILS
PEYER'S PATCHES- SMALL INTENSTINE AND APPENDIX