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show the lymphatic vessels, and the lymphoid tissues and organs including lymph nodes.  
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show an abnormal accumulation of fluid in body parts or tissues.  
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show to form an elaborate drainage system that picks up the excess tissue fluid.  
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show the watery fluid in the lymph vessels collected from the tissue spaces.  
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show form a one-way system, and lymph flows only toward the heart.  
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show weave between the tissue cells and blood capillaries in the loose connective tissues of the body.  
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Lymphatic Collecting Vessels   show
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show drains the lymph from the right arm and the right side of the head and thorax.  
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Thoracic Duct   show
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show in particular help protect the body by removing foreign material such as bacteria and tumor cells from the lymphatic stream and by producing lymphocytes that function in the immune response.  
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show cell particularly abundant in lymphatic and connective tissues.  
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Lymphocytes   show
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show the outer surface layer of an organ.  
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show structure in an ovary consisting of a developing egg surrounded by follicle cells.  
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show enlarges when specific lymphocytes are generating daughter cells called plasma cells, which release antibodies.  
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show the central portion of cratin organs.  
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show lymph enters the convex side of a lymph node.  
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Sinuses   show
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show a depressed area where vessels enter and leave an organ.  
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show are fewer efferent vessels draining the node than afferent vessels feeding it, the flow of lymph through the node is very slow, kid of like what happens when you pour something into a funnel.  
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Lymphoid Organs   show
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Spleen   show
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Thymus   show
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Tonsils   show
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Tonsillitis   show
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show are found in the wall of the distal part of the small intestine.  
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Appendix   show
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show acts as a sentinel to protect the upper respiratory and digestive tracts from the never-ending attacks of foreign matter entering those cavities.  
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