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science chapter 23!
mr.cummings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the fluid that carries gases,nutrients/and wastes through the body | blood |
| the force that blood exerts on the wall of the arteries | blood pressure |
| a collection of organs whose primary fuciton is to collect extracullular fluid and return to the blood | lyphatic system |
| the fluid that is collected by the lyphatic vessels and nodes | lymph |
| an organ that filiters lymph and that is found along the lymphatic vessels | lymph node |
| the main gland of the the lympathic system it produces mature T lymphocytes | thymus |
| the largest lyaphatic organ in your body | spleen |
| small, rounded masses of lyphatic tissue located in the pharynx and in the passege from the mouth phayx | tonsils |