Anatomy 2: Exam 2 Material Lymph Vascular System Flashcards
The substance ____ bathes and surrounds the body’s cells and travels thru the body via lymphatic vessels.
Tissue fluid
____ is a clear straw colored substance; formed from tissue fluid when tissue liquid enters the capillaries.
Lymph
____ relies on muscular contractions, and is very sluggish, it has two ducts (right lymphatic & thoracic ducts) which go directly into the bloodstream in a one directional motion.
Lymph
The functions of lymph are____.
Maintain proper tissue balance
Removes other waste products from the body
Body’s basic defense system
Lymphoid tissues are ____, ____, ____, and ____.
Tonsils
Spleen
Thymus
Lymph nodes
The three pairs of lymphoid tissue including the adenoids which protect the opening between the mouth cavity proper and oral pharynx are ____.
Tonsils
The largest mass of lymphoid tissue in the human body is the ____, it helps the liver recycle red blood cells.
Spleen
A mass of lymphoid tissue located at the base of the neck that is largest and most active DURING infancy, influences lymphocytes coming out of the bone marrow to produce t-cells is ____.
Thymus
Inguinal lymph nodes are found where ____.
Left thigh region
Strategically placed throughout the body ____ are filters for lymph.
Lymph nodes
Locations of lymph nodes
Axillary lymph nodes (armpit region)
Cervical lymph nodes (neck region)
Inguinal lymph nodes. (groin region)
Mesenteric lymph nodes (intestines)
____ lymph nodes filter lymph originating in the upper extremities and the chest, used to detect breast cancer.
Axillary lymph nodes
____ lymph nodes filters lymph originating from the head and neck, used to diagnosed Hodskin’s disease
Cervical lymph nodes
____ lymph nodes filters lymph originating from the lower extremities, this is where the bubonic plaque is present.
Inguinal lymph nodes “groin”
Located in the intestines and filters lymph from both intestines are ____ lymph nodes.
Mesenteric “intestines”
The only lymph nodes that have their own special name are called ____ that are in the small intestine where chyle begins.
Lacteals
____ is the waxy milky substance formed by the union of digested fats with lymph, begins in the lacteals of the small intestines
Chyle
____ is where the flow of Chyle ceases, and is the enlarged lower portion of the largest lymph duct in the human body.
Cisterna Chyli
The only two lymph ducts that have direct contact with the blood stream are ____ and ____.
Thoracic duct
Right lymphatic duct
Lymph vessels that are used for travel of lymph are known as ____.
Lymph capillaries
Specialized masses of cells or type of tissue located throughout the body are ____.
Lymphoid tissues
The three types of of tonsils are ____, ____, and ____.
Adenoids
Tonsils
Haranginials
The largest of the two lymph ducts that empties into the blood 3/4’s of the body is ____, and it drains all of the lower extremities, the abdomen, the left sided of the thoracic cavity, the left side of the head and the neck.
Thoracic duct
Flow of lymph:
CAPILLARIES –> vessels –> nodes –> thoracic duct –> right lymphatic duct –> BLOOD
____ is the resistance to flow of a liquid, standard to compare is water. (“Thickness”) Blood is normally 4.5 to 5.5 times more viscos than water.
Viscosity
____,_____, and ____ are the general characteristics of blood.
pH
Viscosity
Temperature