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Lymph Drainage
Related to manual lymph drainage class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| About how many liters of lymph per day circulate through the thoracic duct? | 1.5 to 3.5 liters |
| Lymphatic circulation is divided into what two parts? | Superficial and deep |
| Where does superficial lymph circulation occur? | Just under the dermo-epiderma junction. |
| Superficial lymph circulation accounts for what percentage of all lymph flow? | 70% |
| Where does deep lymph circulation occur? | Below the fascia and around the viscera. |
| Muscle contractions stimulate which type of lymph circulation? | Deep lymph circulation |
| "Ganglion" is the Greek word for ________? | Little tumor |
| In a general sense, where are the main groups of nodes found? | At the major articulation folds of the body |
| A normal healthy node can range in size from ______ to ______ mm. | 2 to 25 mm |
| About how many nodes are there in the body? | 400 to 700 |
| About half of the nodes in the body are found where? | In the abdomen |
| What is the percentage of water in lymph? ...plasma? ... cerebrospinal fluid? | Lymph: 96% Plasma: 90% Cerebrospinal fluid: 98.5% |
| What are the constituents of lymph? | Water, protein, lipids, carbohydrates, enzymes, urea, minerals, hormones, some dissolved gases, cells (macrophages, lymphocytes), toxins, bacteria, body waste and bits of cell debris. |
| Italian physician who discovered a Doug's "milky veins" | Gasparo Asselli |
| Frenchman who described the thoracic duct, and the cisterna chyli | John Pecquet |
| Swedish scientist who was first to see and consider the lymphatics as a complete and specific system that compares to the circulatory system. | Olauf Rudbeck |
| Belgian physician who introduced the use of manual drainage to treat edema in hospitals. | Alexander de Winiwarter |
| Doctor of osteopathy who published Applied Anatomy of the Lymphatic, and was the founder and president of the International Lymphatic Society and editor of the Lymphatic Research Society Journal. | Frederic P. Millard |
| Dutch massage practitioner and doctor of philosophy who developed manual technique for lymph drainage. | Emil Vodder |
| M.D. who tested Vodder's techniques in his clinic on 20,000 patients and established its medical effects and indications/contraindications | Johannes Asdonk MD |
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