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Jersey College A&P Final Exam Practice Questions and Answers what is the lymphatic system? - Answer️️ -system of tissues and vessels scattered throughout the body and services almost all regions what are the parts of the lymphatic system? - Answer️️ -tonsils, thymus, spleen, peyer pat...

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Jersey College A&P Final Exam Practice
Questions and Answers

what is the lymphatic system? - Answer✔️✔️-system of tissues and
vessels scattered throughout the body and services almost all
regions

what are the parts of the lymphatic system? - Answer✔️✔️-tonsils,
thymus, spleen, peyer patch, small intestine, appendix, lymph
nodes and vessels

functions of the lymphatic system - Answer✔️✔️-fluid balance,
protection, and absorption of fats

lymphatic circulation is - Answer✔️✔️-one-way system that begins in
the tissues and ends when the lymph joins the blood

lymphatic capillaries - Answer✔️✔️-walls (endothelium) flattened
epithelial cells, more permeable, cells overlap slightly, forming one-
way valves, lacteals absorb fat, arise blindly (closed at one end)

lymphatic vessels - Answer✔️✔️-include superficial and deep sets,
right lymphatic duct and thoracic duct

right lymphatic duct - Answer✔️✔️-short vessel receives only lymph
that comes from the body's superior right quadrant and empties
into right subclavian vein near heart



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thoracic duct - Answer✔️✔️-receives lymph from all parts of the body
except those superior to the diaphragm on the right side; drains
into thee left subclavian vein

cisterna chyli - Answer✔️✔️-first part of the thoracic duct enlarged to
form cistern or a temp storage pouch

movement of lymph toward heart is caused by: - Answer✔️✔️-valves
in lymphatic vessels

contraction of lymphatic vessels

skeletal muscle contraction

breathing

roughly how many lymph nodes are in the body? - Answer✔️✔️-about
600

lymphoid tissue - Answer✔️✔️-distributed throughout the body and
makes up specialized organs

lymph nodes - Answer✔️✔️-small masses of lymphatic tissue that
filter the lymph

lymph - Answer✔️✔️-fluid that circulates in the lymphatic system,
clear fluid;

hilum - Answer✔️✔️-indented area that is the exit point for efferent
lymphatic vessels carrying lymph out of the node




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cervical nodes - Answer✔️✔️-located in the neck in deep and
superficial groups, drain parts of head and neck

axillary nodes - Answer✔️✔️-located in armpits

tracheobronchial nodes - Answer✔️✔️-near the trachea and around
the larger bronchial tubes

mesenteric nodes - Answer✔️✔️-found between the two layers of
peritoneum that form the mesentry, 100-150 nodes

Inguinal nodes - Answer✔️✔️-located in groin region, receive lymph
drainage from lower extremities and from external reproductive
organs

buboes - Answer✔️✔️-enlarged Inguinal nodes

the spleen - Answer✔️✔️-cleanses blood through filtration and
phagocytosis, destroys old blood cells, produces red blood cells
before birth, serves as a reservoir for blood

splenectomy - Answer✔️✔️-surgical removal of the the spleen

lacteals - Answer✔️✔️-specialized lymphatic capillaries in the lining
of the small intestine that absorb fats

the thymus - Answer✔️✔️-plays a role in early immune system
development, t cells mature, shrinks after puberty, produce
thymosin




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appendix - Answer✔️✔️-fingerlike tube of lymphatic tissue that
figures into the development of immunity

Mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) - Answer✔️✔️-important
barrier against infection; found in portions of digestive, respiratory,
and urogenital mucosal linings; helps to destroy contaminants by
means of phagocytosis and production of antibodies

gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) - Answer✔️✔️-largest
aggregations of MALT found in the digestive tract

tonsils - Answer✔️✔️-protect against inhaled or ingested
contaminants; trap pathogens;surgery to treat if become infected or
swollen and reoccurs which makes swallowing and breathing
difficult

palatine tonsils - Answer✔️✔️-oval bodies located at each side of the
soft palate; generally what one refers to as "tonsils"

pharyngeal tonsil - Answer✔️✔️-commonly called adenoid; located
behind the nose on the posterior wall of pharynx

lingual tonsils - Answer✔️✔️-little mounds of lymphoid tissue at the
posterior of the tongue

lymphadenopathy - Answer✔️✔️-disease of the lymph nodes

lymphedema - Answer✔️✔️-swelling that obstructs lymph flow




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