the spleen - Ans:✔✔-This largest lymphatic organ works to protect the body by trapping worn-out red
blood cells; its WBCs help fight off infection and keep pathogens from spreading throughout the body.
edema - Ans:✔✔-If the lymphatic system doesn't properly drain the excess fluid that leaks out of
capillaries, it would build up in the body's tissues and they would swell, this condition is called:
lymph - Ans:✔✔-The flow of _______ is aided by pumps. Skeletal muscle pumps aid flow by the
contraction of skeletal muscle against lymphatic vessles, a thoracic pump aids flow from the thoracic
cavity.
Exercise - Ans:✔✔-__________ increases lymphatic circulation to get rid of infections.
lymph nodes - Ans:✔✔-Small masses of tissue located along the network of lymph vessels that filter out
pathogens and prevent them from entering the blood stream:
lymphatic trunks (drain major portions of the body), collecting ducts (empties into right/left subclavian
veins) - Ans:✔✔-From lymphatic capillaries lymph flows to collecting vessels, into _____________, and
finally into ___________.
red bone marrow and thymus (site where B and T cells are produced and developed) - Ans:✔✔-The
primary lymphatic organs include:
lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils. (sites where T and B cells plus other WBCs reside and work) - Ans:✔✔-The
secondary lymphatic organs include:
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