Chapter 28 Lymphatic System

Question 1

What are lymphatic capillaries?

Answer 1

Capillaries that pick up excess fluid

Question 2

Describe the path that excess fluid takes once it enters the lymphatic capillaries to make its way back into the circulatory system.

Answer 2

Lymphatic capillary –> afferent vessel –> lymph node –> efferent vessel –> vein

Question 3

What does the right lymphatic duct drain?

Answer 3

The right half of the head, neck, chest, and right upper limb

Question 4

What does the thoracic duct drain?

Answer 4

The rest of the body

Question 5

How does lymph filter through the lymph node considering the cortex and medulla?

Answer 5

Afferent vessels move lymph toward lymph nodes and lymph filters through the CORTEX and MEDULLA