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Chapter 6: Blood and the Lymphatic and Immune Systems Lindy Bavolek

Phagocytosis (page 171)
The process of engulfing or ingesting material
Several types of white blood cells function by engulfing bacteria
Critical for the control of bacteria within the body

Phagocytosis

Sarcoidosis (page 189)
Inflammatory disease of the lymph system in which fibrous lesions appear
Disease is of unknown cause
Lesions commonly appear in the liver, skin, lungs, lymph nodes, spleen, eyes, and small bones of the hands and feet

Sarcoidosis Before and after picture

Hodgkin’s Disease (page 189)
Cancer of the lymphatic cells found in concentration in the lymph nodes
Also called Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Named after Thomas Hodgkin, a British physician, who first described it

Hodgkin’s Disease A normal cell compared to an abnornal cell in a patient with Hodgkin’s disease

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