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A&P CH- 20

THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

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SMALL ORGANS ASSOCIATED WITH LYMPHATIC VESSELS ARE TERMED LYMPH NODES
________ ARE NOT CLASSIFIED AS A LYMPHATIC STRUCTURE PANCREAS
THE DISTAL PORTION OF THE SMALL INTESTINES CONTAINS CLUMPS OF LYMPH FOLLICLES CALLED _____ PEYERS PATCHES
BOTH LYMPH AND VENOUS BLOOD FLOW ARE HEAVILY DEPENDANT ON SKELETAL MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS AND DIFFERENCES IN THORACIC PRESSURES DUE TO RESPIRATORY MOVEMENT
THE THYMUS IS MOST ACTIVE DURING CHILDHOOD
WHICH LYMPHATIC STRUCTURE DRAINS LYMPH FROM THE RIGHT UPPER LIMB AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD AND THORAX RIGHT LYMPHATIC DUCT
WHAT EFFECT DOES AGE HAVE ON THE SIZE OF THE THYMUS THE THYMUS INITIALLY INCREASES IN SIZE AND THEN DECREASES IN SIZE FROKM ADOLESCENCE THROUGH OLD AGE
THE LYMPHATIC CAPILLARIES ARE MORE PERMEABLE THAN BLOOD CAPILLARIES
ANTIBODIES THAT ACT AGAINST A PARTICULAR FOREIGN SUBSTANCE ARE RELEASED BY PLASMA CELLS
LYMPH LEAVES A LYMPH NODE VIA EFERENT LYMPHATIC VESSELS
WHICH CELLS BECOME IMMUNOCOMPETENT DUE TO THYMIC HORMONES LYMPHOCYTES
FUNCTIONS OF THE SPLEEN INCLUDE ____ _____ ______ EXCEPT _____ REMOVAL OF OLD OR DEFECTIVE BLOOD CELLS FROM THE BLOOD STORAGE OF BLOOD PLATELETS STORAGE OF IRON AND NOT FORMING CRYPTS THAT TRAP BACTERIA
WHEN THE LYMPHATIC STRUCTURES ARE BLOCKED DUE TO TUMORS THE RESULT IS SEVERE LOCALIZED EDEMA DISTAL TO THE BLOCKAGE
______ ______ DEPENDS ON THE MOVEMENT OF ADJACENT TISSUES, SUCH AS SKELETAL MUSCLES LYMPH TRANSPORT
WHAT IS A CORRECT STATEMENT ABOUT LYMPHOCYTES B CELLS PRODUCE PLASMA CELLS WHICH SECRETE ANTIBODIES INTO THE BLOOD
_____ _____ IS PREDOMINANTLY RETICULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE LYMPHOID TISSUE
LYMPHOID TISSUE THAT APPEARS AS A SWELLING OF THE MUCOSA IN THE ORAL CAVITY IS CALLED TONSIL
____ IS NOT A MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHATIC TISSUE THYMUS
PEYERS PATCHES ARE FOUND IN THE ILEUM OF SMALL INTESTINE
LYMPH CAPILLARIES ARE ABSENT IN _______ _______ ______ AND NOT _____ BONES AND TEETH, BONE MARROW, CNS, AND NOT DIGESTIVE ORGANS
WHAT IS BUBO AN INFECTED LYMPH NODE
THE THYMUS IS THE ONLY LYMPHOID ORGAN THAT DOES NOT DIRECTLY FIGHT ANTIGENS
LARGE CLUSTERS OF LYMPH NODES OCCUR IN THE FOLLOWING _____ _____ ____ EXCEPT _______ INGUINAL REGION, CERVICAL REGION, AXILLARY REGION EXCEPT LOWER EXTREMITIES
DIGESTIVE TRACT ASSOCIATED LYMPHATIC TISSUE INCLUDE ______ ______ ____ EXCEPT __________ PEYERS PATCHES, PALATINE TONSILS, LINGUAL TONSILS AND NOT ISLETS OF LANGERHANS
___________ IS NOT A METHOD THAT MAINTAINS LYMPH FLOW SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION
THE TONSILS LOCATED AT THE BASE OF THE TONGUE ARE THE LINGUAL TONSILS
______ IS NOT A NORMAL COMPONENT OF LYMPH RED BLOOD CELLS
A SENTINEL NODE IS THE FIRST NODE TO RECEIVE LYMPH FROM AN AREA SUSPECTED TO BE CANCEROUS
________________ARE FUNCTIONS OF LYMPHOID TISSUE TO HOUSE AND PROVIDE A PROLIFERATION SITE FOR LYMPHOCYTES AND NEUTROPHILS
_________ IS NOT A FUNCTION OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TRANSPORTING RESPIRATORY GASES
________ IS NOT A FUNCTION OF LYMPH NODES SERVE AS ANTIGEN SURVEILLANCE AREAS
THE ____ ARE THE SIMPLEST LYMPHOID ORGANS AND ARE FOUND AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE PHARYNX TONSILS
THE APPENDIX, TONSILS, AND PEYERS PATCHES ARE EXAMPLES OF MALT
HIGHLY SPECIALIZED LYMPH CAPILLARIES CALLED ______ ARE PRESENT IN THE VILLI OF THE INTESTINAL MUCOSA LACTEALS
THE THORACIC DUCT OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM EMPTIES INTO THE LEFT SUBCLAVIAN VEINS
TONSILS HAVE BLIND ENDED STRUCTURES CALLED CRYPTS
HASSALS CORPUSCLES ARE ALWAYS FOUND IN THE COLORED ______ REGIONS OF THE THYMUS MEDULLARY
THE _____ PULP OF THE SPLEEN FORMS CUFFS AROUND THE CENTRAL ARTERIES WHITE
LYMPHATIC ______ ARE FORMED FROM THE UNION OF THE LARGEST COLLECTING VESSELS TRUNKS
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