Lymphatic system chapter 19 marieb
Lymphatic system- ✅returns fluid that leaked from blood vessels back to
blood
What are the 3 main parts of the lymph system?- ✅lymphatic vessels,
lymph, lymph nodes
Lymph- ✅fluid is lymphatic vessels
lymph nodes-✅cleanse lymph
What are the lymphoid organs?-✅spleen, thymus, tonsils, lymph nodes
What is the function of the lymphatic vessels?-✅return interstitial fluid and
leaked plasma proteins back to blood
✅towards the heart
What way does lymph flow?-
What are lymph vessels?-✅lymphatic capillaries, collecting lymphatic
vessels, lymphatic trunks and ducts
What are very permeable and can take up anything?- ✅lymphatic
capillaries
What prevents the collapse of capillaries in the lymph system?- ✅collagen
filaments
How do pathogens travel in the body?- ✅via lymphatics
Where are there no lymphatic capillaries?-✅bones, teeth, bone marrow,
and CNS
What are lacteals?- ✅specialized lymph capillaries present in intestinal
mucosa
, What do lacteals do?- ✅Absorb digested fat and deliver fatty lymph to the
blood
What is the vasa vasorum?- ✅vessels of vessels
Where do lymphatic collecting vessels get nutrients?- ✅vasa vasorum
What vessels travel with arteries and are similar to veins?-✅lymphatic
collecting vessels
Put the following terms in order of flow from one to another:
✅
a. lymphatic trunks, b. lymphatic collecting vessel, c. lymphatic capillaries,
d. lymphatic ducts- c,b,a,d
lymphatic ducts-✅right lymphatic duct and thoracic duct
right lymphatic duct-✅receives lymph from the right upper part of the body
thoracic lymph duct-✅drains rest of body, arises as cisterns chyli
cisterna chyli-✅abdomen region
Where does each duct empty into venous circulation?-✅junction of internal
jugular and subclavian veins
Put the actions into order for lymph transport:
a. pressure changes in thorax during breathing, b. pulsations of nearby
✅
arteries, c. milking action of skeletal muscle, d. contractions of smooth
muscle in walls of lymphatics, e. valves to prevent back flow- c,a,e,b,d
Which action is the same for lymph transport and veins?:
a. pressure changes in thorax during breathing, b. pulsations of nearby
✅
arteries, c. milking action of skeletal muscle, d. contractions of smooth
muscle in walls of lymphatics, e. valves to prevent back flow- c,a,e
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