Exam 2 Flashcards
True or False: The thoracic duct drains from lower body and upper right side of body.
False. The thoracic duct drains from the lower body and upper left side of the body.
The L lymphatic duct drains from the right side of the head, neck, and upper right limb and thorax.
False. The R lymphatic duct drains from the right side of the head, neck, and upper right limb and thorax.
True or False: Both ducts empty into the subclavian vein.
True.
How does fluid leave the capillaries?
Hydrostatic pressure
True or False: The excess fluid gets picked up by lymph nodes.
False: The excess fluid gets picked up my lymph capillaries.
Once interstitial fluid enters the lymph capillaries it becomes what?
Lymph
True or False: Contracting skeletal muscles in limbs, contractions of smooth muscle in the larger trunks, and pressure changes from action of skeletal muscles used in breathing help the lymph move.
True.
What prevent lymph backflow?
Semilunar Valves
True or False: Vessel’s major role in absorption of dietary fats.
False. Capillaries
True or False: Capillaries return the excess interstitial fluid and small proteins to bloodstream.
True.
What transports foreign particles (bacteria and viruses) to lymph nodes?
Lymph
What does MALT stand for?
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
What is the largest lymphatic organ?
Spleen
What engulfs and destroys foreign substances, damaged cells, and cellular debris?
Macrophages
What two organs are made of lymphatic nodules?
Tonsils and Appendix
What kind of tissue scattered throughout digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive tracts?
Unencapsulated lymphatic tissue
True or False: Proliferation of T lymphocytes which is stimulated by thymosin.
True
True or False: Lymphocytes attack viruses, bacteria, and parasitic cells?
True
What contain germinal centers where B lymphocytes proliferate?
Lymph nodes
True or False: Thymus shrinks after puberty.
True
What replaces lymphatic tissue in the thymus as you get older?
Adipose and connective tissue
What does white pulp consist of?
Lymphocytes
What does red pulp consist of?
RBC, lymphocytes and macrophages
Spleen filters blood. Houses macrophages that remove foreign particles, damaged RBC, and cellular debris from the blood; contains lymphocytes.
Sinuses in the spleen contain what?
Blood
True or False: Lymph nodes potentially harmful particles from lymph before returning it to the bloodstream and monitoring body fluids (immune surveillance) through the actions of lymphocytes and macrophages.
True
True or False: The spleen houses macrophages that remove foreign particles, damaged RBC, and cellular debris from the blood; contains lymphocytes.
True
True or False: Chemical barriers are: Enzymes in body fluids. Gastric juice containing pepsin. Salt in perspiration, enzymes in tears. Interferons produced by lymphocytes in response to viruses or tumor cells. Stimulate them to synthesize proteins that block replication of variety of viruses and stimulate phagocytosis. Defensins damage bacterial cell walls and membranes. Collections bind to microbes. Complement stimulates inflammation, attacks phagocytes, and enhances phagocytosis.
True