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Question 1

lymphatic system function

Answer 1

– Recover fluid lost from blood
capillaries
– Guard against pathogens
– Absorb lipids from small intestine

Question 2

lymph

Answer 2

clear colorless
like blood plasma, low in proteins

Question 3

lymph tissues taken up by

Answer 3

lymphatic vessels

Question 4

lymph supplies

Answer 4

lymphocytes to bloodstream

Question 5

Lymph in intestine is

Answer 5

chyle
– Contains fat droplets absorbed from digestion

Question 6

Lymphatic Capillaries

Answer 6

vessels begin
have loosely connected overlapping endothelial cell (acts as flaps for valvue for backflow)

Question 7

lymphatic gaps allow for

Answer 7

allow for large substances (i.e. proteins, cells) to enter lymphatic capillary

Question 8

lymph in

Answer 8

face, abdomen, neck, legs

Question 9

left side duct will bring back more lymph than the

Answer 9

right

Question 10

correct lymph flow

Answer 10

cap
vessels
trunks
ducts
veins
(smallest to largest)

Question 11

thoracic duct for what side

Answer 11

left side, lower extremitys, left arm

Question 12

right lympathic duct for what

Answer 12

right arm and right upper diapgrahm

Question 13

lymph tissue classified based on

Answer 13

loosely associated or densly

Question 14

MALT (mucosa-associated lymphatic tissue)

Answer 14

in passages of respiratory, digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts
LOOSE
screen for pathogens

Question 15

Peyer patches

Answer 15

of distal small intestine, protect colon
– lymphatic nodules in the ileum

Question 16

lymphatic organ

Answer 16

thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, tonsils, red bone marrow

Question 17

primary lymph organs

Answer 17

Places where lymphocytes become immunocompetent (can detect pathogens and dont harm our tissues)

Question 18

red bone marrow

Answer 18

B(one marrow) cells learn to recognize antigens
Site of hemopoiesis

Question 19

thymus

Answer 19

t(thymus) cells learn to recognize antigen
shrinks after age 15

Question 20

lymph nodes

Answer 20

Cleanse lymph and act as site of T and B cell activation

Question 21

runs into lymph node

Answer 21

multiple afferent lymph vessel

Question 22

runs out lymph node

Answer 22

one efferent lymph vessel

Question 23

tonsils (3 types)

Answer 23

Patches of lymphatic tissue at entrance of pharynx
screen air we breath

Question 24

spleen red pulp

Answer 24

erythrocytes,
will recycle shattered old red blood cells

Question 25

spleen white pulp

Answer 25

lymphocytes and macrophages
acts as a reserve

Question 26

spleen vascularity

Answer 26

highly

Question 27

Lymphedema

Answer 27

Swelling due to fluid retention
– Blockage, damage, or removal of lymphatic vessel