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Anatomy - Lymphatic System Flashcards

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What are 3 functions of the lymphatic system?

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  1. Returning excess interstitial fluid to the bloodstream
  2. Transporting dietary lipids
  3. Immune responses
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How does interstitial fluid re-enter the circulation?

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By entering:
1. Capillaries at venous ends
2. Lymphatic capillaries

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What is lymph?

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Tissue fluid which enters lymphatics

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What % of tissue fluid is returned to the blood by the lymphatics?

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10-20%

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Why can bacteria, viruses and cancer cells enter the lymphatic system?

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Lymph capillaries have a very high permeability.

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What feature of lymph capillaries allows tissue fluid to enter?

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Very permeable walls.

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List the lymphatic vessels in order of size.

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Lymph capillaries < lymphatics < lymph trunk < lymph duct

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What is the function of lymphatics?

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To collect lymph from the lymph capillaries

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Where do lymphatics lie in the body?

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They accompany the blood vessels

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Do lymphatics travel without coming into contact with other lymphatics?

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No. They have frequent interconnections and many are arranged as networks

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How is the back flow of lymph prevented?

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Valves. Lymphatics have more valves that veins

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Where are lymph nodes found? (in general)

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Scattered along lymphatics

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Where are lymph capillaries found?

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Nearly all tissues in the body.

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Where are lymph capillaries absent from?

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  • CNS
  • Bone marrrow
  • Avascular tissues e.g cartilage, nails, epidermis, cornea, hair
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How does the lymphatic system take in dietary lipids

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Through lacteals which are located in villi of the small intestine

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What is fatty lymph called?

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Chyle

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Name some of the main groups of regional lymph nodes

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  • cervical nodes
  • axillary nodes
  • inguinal nodes
  • aortic nodes
  • iliac nodes
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How do the lymphatics of the skin work?

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They run independently of blood vessels.
They drain into nodes where limbs attach to the trunk

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Where are lymph nodes found?

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Scattered along lymphatics

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What surrounds lymph nodes?

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A fibrous capsule

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How does lymph enter LNs?

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Through afferent lymph vessels

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Through what structure does lymph leave LNs?

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Through efferent lymph vessels

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What is the function of a LN? (2)

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  • lymph percolates through LNs
  • antigens are destroyed and B/T cells are activated
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Lymph from which part of the body don’t pass through a series of lymph nodes?

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  • Lymph from paired viscera on abdominal wall (ovaries, kidneys, testis)
  • Lymph from thyroid gland
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Where does lymph from paired viscera drain into?
Para-aortic LNs.
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Where does lymph from the thyroid gland drain into?
Directly into the neck veins, doesn’t pass through any lymph nodes
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What are the 3 main lymph trunks?
1. Right and left JUGULAR TRUNKS 2. right and left SUBCLAVIAN TRUNKS 3. Right and left BRONCHIOMEDIASTINAL TRUNKS
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What do the jugular trunks drain?
Head and neck
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What do the subclavian trunks drain ?
Upper limbs
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What do the bronchiomediastinal trunks drain?
Much of the thoracic cavity
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What are the 2 lymphatic ducts in the body?
1. Thoracic duct 2. Right lymphatic duct
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What does the right lymphatic duct drain?
Right side of head Right UL Right side of thorax
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Are the two lymphatic duct always present?
No. Right lymphatic duct is only present in 20% of population
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What forms the right lymphatic duct?
Right subclavian trunk Right bronchomediastinal trunk Right jugular trunk
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What does the thoracic duct drain?
Entire body except the part drained by right lymphatic duct (or the structure that form it in 80% of population)
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Where does the thoracic duct begin?
As the cisterna chyli in abdomen
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Where does the thoracic duct lie in the thoracic cavity ?
Along vertebral bodies
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Where does the thoracic duct empty back into the veins?
At junction of left IJV and left subclavian vein
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Where does the right lymphatic duct drain into?
Junction of Right IJV and right subclavian vein
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How does lymph return to the blood from the ride side of the body if there is no right lymphatic duct?
The trunks (jugular, subclavian, bronchomediastinal) drain directly into right IJV and subclavian
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How is lymph moved along the lymphatic system?
- contraction of skeletal muscle -pulse in adjacent arteries VALVES PREVENT BACKFLOW
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What tissue are lymphatic organs made up of?
Lymphatic tissue
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What do lymphatic organs do?
Filter the lymph to scan for pathogens
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Are lymph organs encapsulated?
Some are.
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Name 3 encapsulated lymphatic organs.
-lymph nodes -spleen -thymus
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Where is the thymus located
Superior mediastinum
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What is the function of the thymus gland?
Matures T lymphocytes
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Is the thymus a secondary or primary lymphoid organ?
Primary
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Describe the growth of the thymus gland
It grows rapidly during the first year of life It stays the same size in adulthood In gets smaller after 60 years old
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What are the simplest lymphoid organs?
The tonsils
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What are the 3 groups of tonsils?
- Palatine tonsils (i.e ‘the tonsils’) - Pharyngeal tonsils (i.e ‘the adenoids’) - Lingual tonsils
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Where are the lingual tonsils?
On back of toungue
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Wher are the palatine tonsils?
They are the main tonsils that you see when you open your mouth - sides of the throat
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Where are the pharyngeal tonsils?
Roof of throat
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What is the function of the tonsils?
They form a ring around the border between the oral cavity and the pharynx They gather and remove pathogens
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Where is the spleen located?
Left side of abdomen
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When and how is the spleen commonly injured?
In road traffic accidents Since it is located behind the ribs, when ribs break they damage the spleen
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What are the functions of the spleen (3)?
-detects and responds to foreign substances - destroy defective RBCs -act as a limited reservoir for blood
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Why can the spleen act as a reservoir for blood?
It has a very rich blood supply
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What are 2 lymphoid organs in the latter end of the GIT?
-Peyer’s patches - Appendix
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What is MALT?
Mucous associated lymphoid tissue
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Where is MALT found?
Walls of intestine
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What is the function of MALT?
Fight invading bacteria in intestines
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Where are Peyer’s patches located?
Distal part of small intestine
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Where is the Appendix found?
It is a tubular offshoot from the caecum
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What is chylothorax?
Leakage of fatty lymph into thorax
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What is mononucleosis?
- A viral disease caused by Epstein-Barr virus (glandular fever) - attacks B lymphocytes
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What is lymphangitis?
Inflammation of the lymph vessel
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How can you recognise lymphangitis?
The overlying skin shows inflammation in superficial lymph vessels. Appears as tender, reddened streaks.
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What happens to the draining lymph nodes when you have an acute infection?
They become enlarged, tender and painful.
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What is Hodgkin’s disease?
A malignancy of the LNs (cancer) - lymphocytes grow out of control
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What is Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma?
Uncontrolled multiplication and metastasis of undifferentiated lymphocytes.
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What is the difference between Hodgkin’s and Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Main difference = the type of WBC that are affected
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What % of breast lymph drains into the axillary LNs?
75%
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Where else should you examine if you find a breast lump?
The axillary
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What are metastases?
This is when cancer cells spread from a tissue into the through lymphatic system and grow and multiply in LNs
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What do the lymph nodes feel like when there are metastases?
The LNs are enlarged, but they aren’t tender
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What would happen if the lymphatic vessels were blocked
Edema- swelling of tissues due to excess tissue fluid

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