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Vessels & Organs
Lymphatic System - Orange Notes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Lymph Nodes | only organ to clean lymph |
| Lymph (fluid) | fluid in body that contains WBCs and lymphocytes |
| Thymus | located below sternum, shrinks with age, looks like H shape, allows body to reject foreign pathogens, produces immune cells |
| Spleen | between stomach and left kidney, filters abnormal blood cells, initiates immune response of T & B cells |
| Tonsil & Adenoids | small tissue around pharynx, traps and removes pathogens that enter mouth/nose -adenoids shrink over time, tonsil near throat and adenoids near nose |
| Appendix | located in intestinal wall, stops pathogens entering in intestinal tract |
| Lymphocytes | type of WBC in the lymphatic system |
| Thoracic Duct | collects lymph from majority of body, everything below diaphragm and left side above diaphragm. returns fluid to jugular/left subclavian vein |
| Right Lymphatic Duct | collects lymph from right side of body above diaphragm. returns fluid to right subclavian vein |