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Lymphatic System

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The composition of lymph most closely resembles?   Interstitial fluid  
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What are the functions of the lymphatic system?   Drains excess interstitial fluid, transports dietary lipids, carries out immune responses(antigens, B-cells, antibodies, and T cells)  
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How do lymphatic vessels travel in the skin and in the Viscera?    
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Where are lymphatic capillaries located?   spaces between cells  
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what regions\organs do not have those capillaries?   Avascular tissue, central nervous system, portions of spleen, red bone marrow  
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Where does the thoracic duct begin?   cisterna chyli(lower end as a dilation)  
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Where does the thoracic duct receive lymph from?   left side of the head, neck,chest,left upper limb, and the entire body below the ribs  
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Where does the thoracic duct deliver lymph to?   left internal juglar and subclavian veins  
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How much does the thoracic duct drain of body lymph of the body lymph?   3/4  
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The right lymphatic duct receives lymph from ___, and it delivers to the junction of the ____vein and ____ vein?   upper right side of body, right internal jugular vein, right subclavian vein  
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What are the primary lymphatic organs?   red bone marrow and thymus  
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Why are they called the primary lymphatic organs?   where stem cells divide and become immunocompetent???????  
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what are the secondary lymphoid organs?   lymph nodes, spleen, lymphatic nodules  
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what organ filters lymph?   lymph nodes  
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what are the primary functions of spleen?   Site of typhocyte & proliferation immune surveillance & response cleanses blood stores breakdown products of RBC(red blood cells) for later reuse  
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What organ functions strictly in T-lymphocytes maturation?   Thymus  
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Where do palatine and pharyngeal tonsils locate?   around the pharynx????  
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