Lymphatics

Question 1

Where are T and B cells made?

Answer 1

Bone marrow

Question 2

What type of cells leave the bone marrow and where do they go?

Answer 2

T cells leave bone marrow and go to the thymus where they mature

Question 3

What cells stay in the bone marrow?

Answer 3

B cells stay in bone marrow and mature

Question 4

What to B cells lodge into?

Answer 4

Lymph nodes

Question 5

What do B cells circulate among?

Answer 5

Lymphoid tissues

Question 6

What are the first lymphoid organs?

Answer 6

Bone marrow and thymus

Question 7

What are the second lymphoid organs?

Answer 7

Spleen, tonsils, lymph nodes and peyers patches

Question 8

What does GALT stand for?

Answer 8

Gut Associated lymphoid tissue

Question 9

What does BALT stand for?

Answer 9

Bronchiolar Associated Lymphoid Tissue

Question 10

What does MALT stand for?

Answer 10

Mucosa Associated Lymphoid Tissue

Question 11

Why do small lymphatic vessels join?

Answer 11

They join to form larger vessels which pass through nodes

Question 12

What do nodes contain?

Answer 12

Lymphocytes and macrophages

Question 13

What way do nodes move?

Answer 13

Move from periphery towards the midline and eventually upper thorax

Question 14

What do lymph remove?

Answer 14

Damaged cells and pathogens

Question 15

What are the lymphatic ducts?

Answer 15

Lumbar trunks, Cistema Chyli, Thoracic duct and right and left lymphatic ducts

Question 16

Lymph from the superficial anterior abdominal wall above umbilicus drains to what?

Answer 16

Axillary nodes