Lymphatic System Flashcards
_ are a network of vessels that return interstitial fluid and leaked plasma proteins to the blood
lymphatics (lymphatic vessels)
_ include include lymphatic capillaries and larger lymphatic vessels
lymphatics
_ is interstitial fluid that has gone into the lymphatics
lymph
_ clean lymph and are the main secondary lymphoid organs of body
lymph nodes
most lymph nodes are embedded deep in _, in clusters along lymphatic vessels
connective tissue
_ is the fluid between cells
interstitial fluid
_ are blind ended vessels (not a loop)
lymphatic capillaries
lymphatic capillaries are a _-way system and move towards the heart
one
lymphatic capillaries are _ permeable than blood capillaries
more
_ means something is able to be passed through (such as liquids, gasses, materials)
permeable
_ are one-way gates/flaps
minivalves
_ are specialized lymph capillaries in intestinal mucosa
lacteals
_ absorb digested fat and deliver chyle to the blood
lacteals
_ is fatty lymph
chyle
_ drain lymph vessels
collecting lymphatic vessels
_ in skin travel with superficial veins, but deep vessels travel with arteries
collecting vessels
_ are formed by joining together largest collecting vessels (lymphatic system)
lymphatic trunks
_ drain large areas of body
lymphatic trunks
_ collect lymph from trunks
lymphatic ducts
_ empty junction of internal jugular and subclavian veins on its own side of body
lymphatic ducts
_ drains upper right arm and right side of head-thorax
right lymphatic duct
_ drains the lower right and entire left side of the body
thoracic duct
_% of people have cisterna chyli in their thoracic duct
50
_ is an enlargement at the beginning of the thoracic duct
cisterna chyli
_ is severe, localized edema caused by anything preventing normal lymph return to blood
lymphedema
_ are cells of the adaptive immune system and mature into either T or B cells
lymphocytes
_ manage immune response; some attack-destroy infected cells
T lymphocytes (T cells)