Lymphatic System Flashcards
Lymph fluid is carried from the tissues to the lymph vessels by the…
lymphatic capillaries
how do valves function
Valves function by allowing fluid to move only in one direction.
whats the job of the thoracic duct
The thoracic duct has the responsibility of draining most of the body.
where does the right subclavian vein recieve lymph fluid from
The right subclavian vein receives lymph fluid from the right lymphatic duct.
__________ forms fibrous lesions, especially in the lymph nodes, liver, skin, lungs, and spleen.
Sarcoidosis
how does a blood clot form
Thrombin converts fibrinogen to fibrin, which eventually becomes the meshlike __________.
__________ is the production of too many red blood cells.
Polycythemia vera
what is the spleen responsible for
filtering out and destroying old red blood cells. The product of this is bilirubin
which med is used to stop the flow of blood
A hemostatic agent
Disease-causing agents are identified as foreign because they display foreign proteins called…
antigens
mononucleosis
An acute infectious disease with a large number of atypical (mononuclear) lymphocytes is
Dyscrasia
a gen. term indicating the presence of a disease affecting blood.
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Which blood test is an indicator of the presence of an inflammatory disease?
The hereditary blood disease in which there is a prolonged blood clotting time is:
hemophilia
packed red cells
A transfusion substance in which most of the plasma, leukocytes, and platelets have been removed, leaving primarily erythrocytes, is called:
