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Lymph System Flashcards

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1
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What do lymph vessels do?

A

transport fluid back into blood

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Characteristics of Lymph vessels

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  • one-way straw-like vessels that take lymph fluid back to the heart
  • weave. b/w tissues and capillaries and absorb leaked fluid ( lymph )
  • extremely permeable and are low-pressure vessels
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3
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Tissue type of lymph vessels

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simple squamous epithelial cells

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4
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Why are lymph nodes permeable?

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so proteins, cell debris, bacteria, and viruses can enter

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5
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Can lymph capillaries get inflamed easily ( T/F )

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True

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6
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How is Lymph returned back to the Nervous System

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the Right lymphatic duct/thoracic duct.

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7
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What duct drain lymph from the
right arm + right side of the head + Thorax

A

right lymphatic duct

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8
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What duct drain lymph from the rest of the body?

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thoracic duct

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9
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do both the r lymphatic duct and thoracic duct drain into the subclavian veins (t/f)

A

True

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10
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Which duct drains into the Right subclavian vein

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R. Lymphatic vein

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11
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Which duct drains into the Left subclavian vein

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Thoratic Duct

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12
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what does the lymphatic vessles rely on for transport

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Skeletal pumps

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13
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How do lymph nodes protect the body

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  • removing foreign materials form lymph
  • houses lymphocytes that work with immune sysyem
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14
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What do the macrophages in LN’s do

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engulf and destroy bacteria + viruses + other pathogens in lymph

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What do the Lymphocytes in LN’s do

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respond to foreign substances in lymphatic fluids prior to returning to blood.

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16
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Lymph node characteriscts

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  • kidney shaped
  • less than 1 inch long
  • buried in CT
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17
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Where are LN found?

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along Vessels

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18
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Where are concentrated parts of LN

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Lingual
Axillary
Iiliac
Mesonteric
Mandibular
Lumbar
Popliteal
Cervical
Lana all in me makes love pretty cunt

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19
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What are swollen glands

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swollen lymph nodes

20
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What is trabecule

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part of the fibrous capsule that divides the node into compartments

21
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Characteristics of the spleen

A
  • Soft
  • blood-rich organ
  • filters blood
22
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what does the spleen filter

A

from
- Bacteria
- viruses
- other debri

23
Q

what organ served as a site for
Lymphocyte proliferation + immune surveillance

A

spleen

24
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what does swollen LN indicate?

A
  • active infection
  • resulting from trapping of lymphocytes and macrophages
25
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what are the immune cells in speel responsible for

A
  • destroying old RBC
  • returning products liver for recycling
26
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what does the spleen also store?

A

Platelets ( blood reservoir )

27
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Purpose of speel in fetus vs adults

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Fetus: a hematopoietic site
Adults: only makes lymphocytes

28
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at what age is the thymus most active

A

youth

29
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Where is the thymus located

A

low in the throat, overlying heart

30
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Does the thymus shrink or grow as we age to adults

A

shrink

31
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what hormone does the thymus make

A

thymosin

32
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what does thymosin do

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makes lymphocyte -> t- lymph and be a protective role

33
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what are t-cell able to distinguish between

A

between seld and non self substances

34
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what are tonsils?

A

small masses of lymphoid tissues that ring around pharynx

35
Q

f(x) of tonsils

A

trap and remove bacteria/ foreign pathogens from entering the throat

36
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Where are Lingual tonsils found

A

behind tounge

37
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Where are Pharyngeal tonsils found

A

by nose

38
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Where are Palatine tonsils found

A

back of throat

39
Q

how does tonsillitis occur

A

when tonsils become congested with bacteria

40
Q

Where are peyers patches located

A

in the distal part of the small intestine

41
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where is the appendix located

A

worm-like offshoot of large intestine

42
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What do pyers patches and appendix prevent?

A

prevent bacteria from penetrating intestinal wall. MALT

43
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What is MALT

A

Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue

44
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What does the MALT do

A

protects the GI tract

45
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