Lymphatic vocabulary

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Lymphatic vocabulary
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• Items found in veins and lymphatic vessels. More
  are in lymphatic vessels because the pressure is
  less than in veins.

• Valves

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• A system that guards the upper respiratory system
  and digestive system

• MALT

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• Fluid from the right side of the head, the upper
  right quadrant and the right arm drain into this

• Right thoracic duct

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• A type of white blood cell

• Lymphocytes

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• Lymph exits the lymph nodes by these

• Efferent vessels

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Name the organ that

• Is blood rich and filters blood

• Spleen

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• The fluid found outside of capillaries
  surrounding cells full of proteins, oxygen, etc

• Interstitial fluid

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Name the organ that

• Is a part of MALT, located around the pharnyx

• Tonsils

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• Fluid accumulates in tissues impairing the
  ability of the cells to function properly.
  Causes swelling can result in death of tissue

• Edema

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Name the organ that

• Traps and removes pathogens from the mouth, nose
  and throat

• Tonsils

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• The name of the fluid found inside the lymphatic
  capillaries

• Lymph

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• Smooth muscle contractions of lymphatic vessels

• Peristalsis

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• Large white blood cells that are phagocytes.
  Found in lymph nodes destroying pathogens that
  enter there

• Macrophages

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Name the organ that

• Is found in the wall of the small intestine

• Peyers patches

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Name the organ that

• Is large during youth, smaller as you age

• Thymus

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• Lymph enters the lymph nodes by these

• Afferent vessels

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Name the organ that

• Is a part of MALT that guards part of the
  digestive system

• Peyers patches

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• The name of the group of nodes found in the
  armpit area

• Axillary

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• The name of the veins into which the fluid is
  dumped just before it goes back to the heart

• Subclavian veins

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Name the organ that

• Acts as a blood reservoir

• Spleen

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Name the organ that

• Produces thymosin

• Thymus

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Name the organ that

• Is the largest of the lymphatic organs

• Spleen

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• A meandering network of lymphatic vessels and
  various lymphoid tissues and organs scattered
  throughout the body

• Lymphatic system

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Name the organ that

• Destroys worn out red blood cells

• Spleen