Lymphatic Cycle Flashcards
99% of venous blood is returned through the circulatory system, how is the other 1% returned?
It is returned through the lymphatic system.
What is the rate of blood turn over in the lymphatic system?
3L over two hours.
On a lympnatic nodule, are there more afferent lymphatic vessels or efferent lymphatic vessels?
There are always more afferent than efferent vessels.
This part of the lymphatic nodule has a high concentration of lymphocytes and is part of the immune response.
The germinal center.
Where are there concentrations of lymphatic nodules in the body?
neck
axillary
groin
This gland in the body holds future t-lymphocytes. In a child this gland is very large, but becomes smaller as a person becomes older.. Name this gland.
Thymus gland.
MALT stands for mucosa associated lymphatic tissue and includes areas where lymphatic nodes are concentrated aside from the three main areas. Name 4 of these areas.
Peyer’s Patches
Appendix
Tonsils
Wall of the bronchi
Describe the end of a lymph Cappilary.
It is a blind end situated between the capillaries of the blood vessels, which flap-like mini valves which let the blood pass through. There are no pumps to help move the blood.
The right lymphatic duct drains into the…
right subclavian vein.
The thoracic duct of the lymphatic system drains into the…
left subclavian vein.
True or false. The area drained by the right lymphatic duct drains a larger area than the area drained by the thoracic duct.
False, the area drained by the thoracic duct drains the entire left side of the body and the lower limbs on the right. The right lymphatic duct drained the rest of the body.
This condition is caused by the filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti blocking lymph fluid from flowing through the body causing edema and immense swelling of the tissues of the body
Elephantiasis
