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Anatomy and Physiology II Exam 2: Lymphatic
System Exam Study Guide
role of lymphatic system - Ans:✔✔-returns fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it back to blood
Three parts of the lymphatic system - Ans:✔✔-lymphatics, lymph, lymph nodes
Lymphatics - Ans:✔✔-elaborate network of drainage vessels
lymph - Ans:✔✔-fluid in vessels
lymph nodes job - Ans:✔✔-cleanse lymph
Lymphoid organs and tissues - Ans:✔✔-provide structural basis of immune system by housing phagocytic
cells and lymphocytes
How much interstitial fluid is circulated each day - Ans:✔✔-3L
Distribution of lymphatic vessels - Ans:✔✔-vessels offer a one way system ensuring lymph flows only to
the hear
Two Lymphatic Vessels - Ans:✔✔-lymphatic capillaries
larger lymphatic vessels
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Lymohatic capillaries - Ans:✔✔-vessels that weave between tissue cells and blood capillaries. absent in
bones
Example of cells lymphatic capillaries can take up - Ans:✔✔-proteins, cell debris, cancer cells
larger lymphatic vessels - Ans:✔✔--Lymph capillaries drain into increasingly larger vessels called
collecting lymphatic vessels
-Consist of collecting vessels, trunks, and ducts
Anastomose - Ans:✔✔-more connections
lymphatic trunks - Ans:✔✔-which are formed by union of largest collecting vessels, drain large areas of
body
Two lymphatic ducts - Ans:✔✔-right lymphatic duct and thoracic duct
right lymphatic duct - Ans:✔✔-drains right upper arm and right side of head and thorax
thoracic duct - Ans:✔✔-drains the rest of the body
lymohangitis - Ans:✔✔-inflammation of lymph vessels
appear as painful red lines under the skin
caused by inflammation of larger lymphatic vessels that contain vaso vasora
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Anatomy and Physiology II Exam 2: Lymphatic
System Exam Study Guide
role of lymphatic system - Ans:✔✔-returns fluid leaked from blood vessels and returns it back to blood
Three parts of the lymphatic system - Ans:✔✔-lymphatics, lymph, lymph nodes
Lymphatics - Ans:✔✔-elaborate network of drainage vessels
lymph - Ans:✔✔-fluid in vessels
lymph nodes job - Ans:✔✔-cleanse lymph
Lymphoid organs and tissues - Ans:✔✔-provide structural basis of immune system by housing phagocytic
cells and lymphocytes
How much interstitial fluid is circulated each day - Ans:✔✔-3L
Distribution of lymphatic vessels - Ans:✔✔-vessels offer a one way system ensuring lymph flows only to
the hear
Two Lymphatic Vessels - Ans:✔✔-lymphatic capillaries
larger lymphatic vessels
Page 1/9
, ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Lymohatic capillaries - Ans:✔✔-vessels that weave between tissue cells and blood capillaries. absent in
bones
Example of cells lymphatic capillaries can take up - Ans:✔✔-proteins, cell debris, cancer cells
larger lymphatic vessels - Ans:✔✔--Lymph capillaries drain into increasingly larger vessels called
collecting lymphatic vessels
-Consist of collecting vessels, trunks, and ducts
Anastomose - Ans:✔✔-more connections
lymphatic trunks - Ans:✔✔-which are formed by union of largest collecting vessels, drain large areas of
body
Two lymphatic ducts - Ans:✔✔-right lymphatic duct and thoracic duct
right lymphatic duct - Ans:✔✔-drains right upper arm and right side of head and thorax
thoracic duct - Ans:✔✔-drains the rest of the body
lymohangitis - Ans:✔✔-inflammation of lymph vessels
appear as painful red lines under the skin
caused by inflammation of larger lymphatic vessels that contain vaso vasora
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