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Question 1

Lacteals

Answer 1

Special lymph vessels that absorb dietary lipids in small intestine

Question 2

Organs and tissues of lymph sys

Answer 2

Spleen, thymus, tonsils, Peyer’s patches, Appendix

other lymphoid tissues, lymph nodes, MALT

Question 3

Structures of lymph sys

Answer 3

Lymph, lymph vessels, lymph tissues and organs, lymphocytes and phagocytes

Question 4

Functions of lymph sys

Answer 4

Fluid recovery, immunity, lipid absorption

Question 5

lymph tissue

Answer 5

House and provide a proliferation site for lymphocytes

Surveillance site for lymphocytes and macrophages

Question 6

MALT

Answer 6

Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue

Collection of lymphoid tissues that line and protect the epithelia of the digestive, respiratory, urinary and repro sys. BALT, SALT, GALT

Question 7

Spleen is?

Answer 7

RBC graveyard, Houses WBC, Stores platelets

Question 8

lymphedema

Answer 8

due to blockage of lymphatic drainage

Question 9

Reticular cells

Answer 9

Supports the other cell types in lymphoid tissue - make stroma/infrastructure

Question 10

peyer’s patch

Answer 10

MALT of small intestine