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6 Circulatory system Eosinophils (granulocytus
VetBooks.ir (systema cardiovasculare et 119 Agranulocytes 140
eosinophilicus) 139
Iymphovasculare)
Basophils (granulocytus basophilicus) 140
H.-G. Liebich
Lymphocytes 140
Cardiovascular system Lymphocyte formation
(systema cardiovasculare) 119 (lymphopoiesis) 140
Capillaries (vas capillare) 119 Lymphocyte morphology and function 140
Continuous capillaries 122 T lymphocytes (T cells) 142
Fenestrated capillaries 122 B lymphocytes 142
Sinusoidal capillaries (vas capillare Monocytes 143
sinusoideum) 122 Development of monocytes
Blood vessels 122 (monocytopoiesis) 143
Structure 122 Monocyte morphology and function 143
Innervation 125
Nutritional blood supply 125 Platelets (thrombocytes) 144
Arteries (arteria) 125 Development of platelets (thrombopoiesis) 144
Elastic arteries (arteria elastotypica) 126 Platelet structure and function 145
Muscular arteries (arteria myotypica) 126 Blood clot formation 145
Arterioles (arteriolae) 126
Veins (vena) 127 8 Immune system and lymphatic
Venules (venula) 129 organs (organa Iymphopoetica) 146
Arteriovenous specialisations 129 H.-G. Liebich
Heart (cor) 129
The conducting system of the heart 130 Immune system 146
Principles of adaptive immunity 146
Lymph vessels (systema lymphovasculare) 130 Cells of the adaptive immune response 147
Lymph capillaries (vas lymphocapillare) 131 T cells 147
Collecting ducts (vas lymphaticum CD4 lymphocytes 147
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myotypicum) 132 CD8 lymphocytes 147
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Lymph heart of birds (cor lymphaticum) 132 B cells 148
Lymphoreticular formations of birds 133 Immune response to antigens 148
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC)
7 Blood and haemopoiesis proteins 148
(sanguis et haemocytopoesis) 134 MHC class I proteins 148
H.-G. Liebich MHC class II proteins 148

Formation of blood cells (haemopoiesis) 134 MHC class III proteins 148
Regulation of blood formation 134 Antigen-presenting cells 148
Bone marrow 135 Macrophages 148
Non-follicular dendritic cells 149
Blood cell differentiation 135 Follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) 149
Haemopoietic stem cells 135 B cells 149
Progenitor cells 135 Elimination of antigens 149
Species variation 136
Lymphatic organs (organa lymphopoetica) 149
Red blood cells (erythrocytes) 136 Thymus 149
Development of red blood cells Cortex 152
(erythropoiesis) 136 Medulla 152
Erythrocytes 136
Differentiation of T lymphocytes 152
White blood cells (leucocytes) 137 Thymic involution 152
Granulocytes (granulocytus) 137 Bone marrow 152
Development of white blood cells Mucosa-associated lymphatic tissue (MALT) 152
(granulopoiesis) 137 Lymphoid follicles 152
Neutrophils (granulocytus Tonsils and Peyer’s patches 153
neutrophilicus) 138 Lymph nodes (nodi lymphatici) 154

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