Exam 15: The Lymphatic System and Immunity

Lymph flows as a result of skeletal muscle contractions, respiratory movements and _____ in lymphatic vessels that prevent backflow.

_____ can result from either excess filtration or inadequate reabsorption at blood capillaries.

List and describe the effects of aging on the lymphatic system.

The _____ nodes are the largest group of nodes in the neck.

The flow of lymph through a lymph node is slowed by the anatomical arrangement of many afferent vessels bringing lymph into the node and only one or two efferent vessels transporting lymph out of the lymph node.

The spleen is the largest single mass of lymphatic tissue in the body.

Name and describe the location of the two main lymphatic ducts. Describe the portions of the body drained by each.

This structure serves as the beginning of the _____.

The composition of lymph most closely resembles:

Extensions of the thymus capsule called _____ penetrate inward dividing each lobe of the gland into lobules.

The removal of the axillary lymph nodes during a breast cancer surgery would result in widespread edema in which region?

The lymphatic system transports dietary _____ from the gastrointestinal tract to the blood.

The lining of the respiratory, digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts contains lymphatic tissue of the type called:

Lymphatic organs that have a hilum are the:

Which two principal lymphatic trunks join to form the cisterna chyli?