ACOLS study questions with accurate detailed solutions || || || || || ||
What represents the beginning of the lymphatic system? - ✔✔Lymph Capillaries
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Which lymphatic structures filter Lymph fluid? - ✔✔Lymph nodes
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True or False, Lymphatic territories are areas of the body that contain several collectors that
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drain towards opposite groups of regional lymph nodes? - ✔✔False
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Where is the axilla-axillary anastomoses (AAA) located? - ✔✔Between the axillary lymph
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nodes crossing the sagital watershed.
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Which two veins form the venous angle? - ✔✔Internal jugular and subclavian
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The main purpose of the Lymphatic System is to drain those substances that cannot be
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drained or regabsorbed by the circulatory system and returns them to the blood. These
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substances are also known as "Lymphatic Loads" - ✔✔True
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What are the four main components of the Lymphatic Load? - ✔✔Water, Proteins, cell/cell
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fragments, long chain fatty acids || || || ||
The percentage of water that becomes Lymphatic Load is also known as? - ✔✔Net filtrate
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How much fluid returns to the left venous angle in 24 hours? - ✔✔2-4 liters
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,If a healthy lymphatic system is overwhelemed and the lymphatic load of water exceeds the
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transport capacity (TC) of the lymphatic system with the Lymph Time Volume (LTV)
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maxed out this is known as? - ✔✔Dynamic insufficiency
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If a patient with a malformation of the lymphatic system develops lymphedema, this
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lymphedema is known as? - ✔✔Primary Lymphedema || || || || || ||
Hypoproteinemia is? - ✔✔Abnormal deficiency of the amount of protein in the blood. || || || || || || || || || || || ||
What is the purpose of Lymph collectors? - ✔✔Transport lymph to Lymph nodes and
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lymphatic trunks ||
True or False, Lymphedema usually affects one extremity only (unilateral evolvement), if
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two extremities lymphedema generally appears asymmetrical? - ✔✔True
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True or False, Lymphedema is a protein rich swelling? - ✔✔True
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True or False, Lymphedema results due to a combined insufficiency? - ✔✔False,
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Mechanical Insufficiency ||
True or False, secondary Lymphedema can be caused by cancer or radiation? - ✔✔True
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True or False, secondary Lymphedema can be caused by surgery or trauma? - ✔✔True
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True or False, secondary Lymphedema is not caused by a known insult to the lymphatic
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system? - ✔✔False || ||
,What are the components of complete decongestive therapy (CDT)? - ✔✔Skin care, MLD,
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compression, and decongestive exercise
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True or False, injuries to the skin should be avoided by a lymphedema patient? - ✔✔True
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True or False, misquotes and insect bites have no negative effect on a lymphedema patient?
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- ✔✔False
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True or False, full body massage and heat should not be avoided by a lymphedema patient?
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- ✔✔False
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True or False, blood pressure and venous puncture should be avoided by a lymphedema
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patient? - ✔✔True || ||
True or False, compression therapy does not improve efficiency of joint and muscle pump? -
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✔✔False
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True or False, compression therapy increases reabsorption? - ✔✔True
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True or False, compression therapy provides support for tissues that have lost elasticity? -
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✔✔True
True or False, decongestive exercise improves lymph transportation and venous return? -
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✔✔True
True or False, decongestive exercise does not optomize joint and muscle pump? - ✔✔False
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, True or False, deep (diaphragmatic) breathing increases the volume of fluid returned via
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thoracic duct to the venous angle? - ✔✔True
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True or False, A body part is considered to have lymphedema when an abnormal
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accumulation of protein and water is present in the interstitial space due to a mechanical
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insufficiency of the lymphatic system? - ✔✔True
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True or False, Lymphatic Fluid is rich in protein? - ✔✔True
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True or False, Lymphedema is usually unilateral and when it is bilateral it is always
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asymmetrical? - ✔✔True || ||
True or False, Lymphedema on extremities occurs usually bilateral? - ✔✔False
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True or False, The main purpose of the lymphatic system is to drain those substances that
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cannot be drained or reabsorbed by the circulatory system and returns them to the blood? -
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✔✔True
True or False, Proteins can be reabsorbed by the venous system bc they are small enough to
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enter the membranes of the venous end of the capillaries? - ✔✔False
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True or False, Lymph fluid contained in the lymphatics of the intestinal system appears as
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"milky" bc of the content of fat? - ✔✔True
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True or False, Superficial lymphatic system is located above the fascia? - ✔✔True
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True or False, The interstitial fluid becomes lymph when it enters the lymph nodes? -
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✔✔False
What represents the beginning of the lymphatic system? - ✔✔Lymph Capillaries
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Which lymphatic structures filter Lymph fluid? - ✔✔Lymph nodes
|| || || || || || || ||
True or False, Lymphatic territories are areas of the body that contain several collectors that
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
drain towards opposite groups of regional lymph nodes? - ✔✔False
|| || || || || || || || ||
Where is the axilla-axillary anastomoses (AAA) located? - ✔✔Between the axillary lymph
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
nodes crossing the sagital watershed.
|| || || ||
Which two veins form the venous angle? - ✔✔Internal jugular and subclavian
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
The main purpose of the Lymphatic System is to drain those substances that cannot be
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
drained or regabsorbed by the circulatory system and returns them to the blood. These
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
substances are also known as "Lymphatic Loads" - ✔✔True
|| || || || || || || ||
What are the four main components of the Lymphatic Load? - ✔✔Water, Proteins, cell/cell
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
fragments, long chain fatty acids || || || ||
The percentage of water that becomes Lymphatic Load is also known as? - ✔✔Net filtrate
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
How much fluid returns to the left venous angle in 24 hours? - ✔✔2-4 liters
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
,If a healthy lymphatic system is overwhelemed and the lymphatic load of water exceeds the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
transport capacity (TC) of the lymphatic system with the Lymph Time Volume (LTV)
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
maxed out this is known as? - ✔✔Dynamic insufficiency
|| || || || || || || ||
If a patient with a malformation of the lymphatic system develops lymphedema, this
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
lymphedema is known as? - ✔✔Primary Lymphedema || || || || || ||
Hypoproteinemia is? - ✔✔Abnormal deficiency of the amount of protein in the blood. || || || || || || || || || || || ||
What is the purpose of Lymph collectors? - ✔✔Transport lymph to Lymph nodes and
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
lymphatic trunks ||
True or False, Lymphedema usually affects one extremity only (unilateral evolvement), if
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
two extremities lymphedema generally appears asymmetrical? - ✔✔True
|| || || || || || ||
True or False, Lymphedema is a protein rich swelling? - ✔✔True
|| || || || || || || || || ||
True or False, Lymphedema results due to a combined insufficiency? - ✔✔False,
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
Mechanical Insufficiency ||
True or False, secondary Lymphedema can be caused by cancer or radiation? - ✔✔True
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
True or False, secondary Lymphedema can be caused by surgery or trauma? - ✔✔True
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
True or False, secondary Lymphedema is not caused by a known insult to the lymphatic
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
system? - ✔✔False || ||
,What are the components of complete decongestive therapy (CDT)? - ✔✔Skin care, MLD,
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
compression, and decongestive exercise
|| || ||
True or False, injuries to the skin should be avoided by a lymphedema patient? - ✔✔True
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
True or False, misquotes and insect bites have no negative effect on a lymphedema patient?
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
- ✔✔False
||
True or False, full body massage and heat should not be avoided by a lymphedema patient?
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
- ✔✔False
||
True or False, blood pressure and venous puncture should be avoided by a lymphedema
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
patient? - ✔✔True || ||
True or False, compression therapy does not improve efficiency of joint and muscle pump? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔False
||
True or False, compression therapy increases reabsorption? - ✔✔True
|| || || || || || || ||
True or False, compression therapy provides support for tissues that have lost elasticity? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔True
True or False, decongestive exercise improves lymph transportation and venous return? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔True
True or False, decongestive exercise does not optomize joint and muscle pump? - ✔✔False
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
, True or False, deep (diaphragmatic) breathing increases the volume of fluid returned via
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
thoracic duct to the venous angle? - ✔✔True
|| || || || || || ||
True or False, A body part is considered to have lymphedema when an abnormal
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
accumulation of protein and water is present in the interstitial space due to a mechanical
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
insufficiency of the lymphatic system? - ✔✔True
|| || || || || ||
True or False, Lymphatic Fluid is rich in protein? - ✔✔True
|| || || || || || || || || ||
True or False, Lymphedema is usually unilateral and when it is bilateral it is always
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
asymmetrical? - ✔✔True || ||
True or False, Lymphedema on extremities occurs usually bilateral? - ✔✔False
|| || || || || || || || || ||
True or False, The main purpose of the lymphatic system is to drain those substances that
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
cannot be drained or reabsorbed by the circulatory system and returns them to the blood? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔True
True or False, Proteins can be reabsorbed by the venous system bc they are small enough to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
enter the membranes of the venous end of the capillaries? - ✔✔False
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
True or False, Lymph fluid contained in the lymphatics of the intestinal system appears as
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
"milky" bc of the content of fat? - ✔✔True
|| || || || || || || ||
True or False, Superficial lymphatic system is located above the fascia? - ✔✔True
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True or False, The interstitial fluid becomes lymph when it enters the lymph nodes? -
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✔✔False
