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Lymphatic System
Lymphatic System
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
02/10/2011

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Term
________ technical term for tissue fluid.
Definition

Interstitial Fluid

Term
__________ drains Right Thoracic region, Right Head & Neck, Right Upper Extremity
Definition

Right Lymphatic Duct

Term

__________ duct ( considerably bigger )

 

 

-

drains rest of Body

Definition

Thoracic Duct

Term

enlarged sac in front of (

 

 

Anterior to ) L1 & L

2

Definition

Cisterna Chyli

Term

___________

larger inflamed Lymph vessels ( have Vasa Vasorum which become engorged with bl.

& therefore reddish colored ) noted as “red streaks”

Definition

Lymphangitis

Term
Name 4 lymphoid cells
Definition

Phagocytes

Lymphocytes

Dendrictic cells

Reticular cells

Term

Name the major

Lymphoid Organs & Tissues

Definition

1)

 

 

Lymph Nodes

2)

 

 

Thymus

3)

 

 

Spleen

4)

 

 

Tonsils

5)

Lymphoid Tissues

Term

__________

internal Reticular fiber framework where Lymphocytes can stay

Definition

Stroma

Term

_________

outer regions of the Lymphatic Node

Definition

Cortex

Term

____________

deepest region of the Lymphatic Node

Definition

Medulla

Term

symptom of

 

 

Bubonic Plague

( Europe’s Middle Ages “Black Death” )

Definition

Buboes

Term

foreign materials & debris removed by ___________

Definition

Macrophages

Term

___________

dead end indentations into the Tonsils from the surface

Definition

Tonsillar Crypts

Term

 

 

 

Lymph Follicles ( Lymph Nodules

groups of

Definition

Peyer’s Patches

Term
__________ return to Lymph Nodes w/ captured Antigen to help active TCells
Definition
dentritic cells
Term
___________ makes Stroma fibers (supportive network in Lymphoid Tissues)
Definition
Reticular cells
Term
_________ lymphoid cell main fighters of the immune system
Definition
lymphocytes
Term
________ helps to activate T cells
Definition
Macrophages
Term
_______ lymphatic vessels enter Lymph node  on its convex side.
Definition
Afferent
Term
_______ lymphatic vessels enter Lymph node  on its concave side.
Definition
Efferent
Term
afferent lymphatic vessels enter Lymph node  on its ________ side.
Definition
convex
Term
efferent lymphatic vessels enter Lymph node  on its ________ side.
Definition
concave
Term
__________ is the main Lymphoid Organs
Definition
Lymph nodes
Term
Cortex is the _________ region of the Lymphatic
Definition
outer
Term
Medulla is _______ region of the Lymphatic node
Definition
deppest
Term
Spleen in located ______ upper Abdomen
Definition
left
Term
Spleen in located left ______ Abdomen
Definition
upper
Term
Spleen in located left upper _________.
Definition
Abdomen
Term
Macrophages remove _______ materials & debris
Definition
foreign
Term
Macrophages remove foreign materials & ______
Definition
debris
Term
__________ remove foreign materials & debris
Definition
Macrophages
Term
Thymus has no _______(due to absence of B cells)
Definition
Follicles
Term
__________ produces Thymus
Definition
Endoderm
Term
Endoderm produces _________
Definition
thymus
Term
___________ produces rest of Lymphoid Oragns
Definition
MesoDerm
Term
Mesoderm produces rest of __________
Definition
Lymphoid Organs
Term
__________ flap-like openings (Minivalves) allowing fluid in (nout out)
Definition
Minivalves
Term
____________ enlarged sac in front of Anterior to L1 L2
Definition
Cisterna Chyli
Term
______________ larger INFLAMED Lymph vessels (red streaks)
Definition
Lymphangitis
Term
____________ disease-causing organisms or virsuses
Definition
Pathogens
Term
tech term for CLONE themselves
Definition
proliferate
Term
tech term for lymph vessels
Definition
Lymphatics
Term
__________ main LYMPHOID ORGAN in the body
Definition
Lymph nodes
Term
___________ LARGEST Lymphoid Organ
Definition
spleen
Term
____________ lymphoid organ is under respiratory Diaphram
Definition
spleen
Term
Thymus has no __________ (due to absence of ______ cells) germinal center does this
Definition

Follicles

bcells

Term
________________ cells inhibit Immune response in order to help control it
Definition
Treg
Term
__________ simplest of the lymphoid organs
Definition
tonsils
Term

_____________ clusters of lymphoid follicles

 

near ileum

Definition
Peyer's patches
Term
Apendix wall contains clusters of _______ ________
Definition
Lymphoid follicles
Term
____________ CELLS for possible later attacks(providing rapid effective responses)
Definition
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