Lymphatic system

Question 1

R- Recycle

Answer 1

Recycles fluid lost from the cardiovascular system

Question 2

A- Absorbs

Answer 2

Absorbs glycerol and fatty acids from food

Question 3

T- Transports

Answer 3

Transports pathogens to the lymph nodes where they can be destroyed

Question 4

S- Stores

Answer 4

Stores and matures some types of leukocytes

Question 5

Similarities to the circulatory system

Answer 5

Lymph vessels have valves that insure low from tissue & organs to heart like veins do.

Question 6

Lymph nodes

Answer 6

Lie along lymph vessels
Range in size from a head of a pin to olive
Filter bacteria & other waste products as it moves toward lymph trunk
Produce lymphocytes

Question 7

Tonsils

Answer 7

Filter pathogens from tissue fluid

Question 8

Spleen

Answer 8

Filters microorganisms & waste from the blood.
Makes lymphocytes & monocytes (large single nucleus WBC’s) Stores RBC’s
Destroys worn out RBC’s

Question 9

Thymus

Answer 9

Stores lymphocytes (WBC's) T lymphocytes 
Secrets a hormone that stimulates maturation of T lymphocytes in lymph nodes

Question 10

Cisterna chyli

Answer 10

Anterior to L1 and L2, 2.5 inches long, and it stores lymph temporally