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The human body in health and illness
chapter 20 & 21 Exam Questions With
Verified Answers


Thymus - Answers✔A gland located in the upper thorax; it is most active during early life and is
concerned with the processing and maturation of T lymphocytes.

MALT - Answers✔mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue

right lymphatic duct - Answers✔lymph from the right arm and the right side of the head and
thorax drain into this large duct

Thymosin - Answers✔hormone secreted by the thymus gland

Spleen - Answers✔Acts as a storage reservoir for blood

lymph nodes - Answers✔Small, pea-shaped structure that filter lymph as it flows through
lymphatic vessels

Spleen - Answers✔Abdominal organ that resembles a large lymph node; filters blood rather than
lymph

thoracic duct - Answers✔most of the lymph of the body drains into this large duct

Spleen - Answers✔Contains red pulp and white pulp; it is the largest lymphoid organ in the body

subclavian veins - Answers✔The right lymphatic duct and the thoracic duct empty lymph into
these blood vessels

Lymph - Answers✔Tissue fluid that enters the lymphatic vessels

Axillary - Answers✔Lymph nodes that drain the upper extremities, shoulders, and breast areas

Palatine - Answers✔Small masses of lymphoid tissue (tonsils) located at the opening of the oral
cavity into the pharynx

Lingual - Answers✔tonsils located at the back of the tongue

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Cervical - Answers✔Lymph nodes that drain the head and neck area

Pharyngeal - Answers✔tonsils located near the opening of the nasal cavity in the upper pharynx;
also called adenoids

Inguinal - Answers✔Lymph nodes that drain lymph from the lower extremities and the groin
area

The lymph nodes, thymus gland, spleen, and tonsils - Answers✔are lymphoid organs

Which of the following best describes a tonsil? - Answers✔a partially encapsulated lymph node

The adenoids are - Answers✔tonsils

Whatis the name of the substance from which lymph is made? - Answers✔Tissue or interstitial
fluid
If the spleen becomes overactive, it prematurely removes platelets from the circulation, causing
thrombocytopenia. As a result, what condition is the person likely to develop? -
Answers✔excessive bleeding

On which set of tonsils is a tonsillectomy most often performed? - Answers✔palatine

Which of the following is least related to the spleen? - Answers✔A vital organ ( cannot live
without the spleen)

A radical mastectomy with lymph node dissection is likely to cause - Answers✔lymphedema

Cancer of the breast first metastasizes to the - Answers✔axillary lymph nodes

The thoracic duct - Answers✔empties lymph into the subclavian veins

Which of the following is most true of a sentinel node biopsy? - Answers✔diagnostic for
metastasis of cancer of the breast

What is most likely cause of the painful lump? - Answers✔A lymph node became inflamed as it
was fighting the infection

Which of the following is most descriptve of the painful lump? - Answers✔Cervical lymph node

inflammation - Answers✔Classic symptoms are redness, heat, swelling, and pain

Fever - Answers✔caused by pyrogens

natural killer cells (NK cells) - Answers✔Special type of lymphocytes that act nonspecifically to
kill certain cells.


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