Learning Objectives for "The Adaptive Immune System: The Lymphoid System"

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1. Compare and give examples of the following:

a. primary lymphoid organs

b. secondary lymphoid organs

2. Define the following:

a. plasma

b. tissue fluid

c. lymph

d. lymph vessels

e. MALT

3. Briefly describe the importance of the lymphoid system in adaptive immune responses and how microbes and other antigens encounter naive B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes.

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.