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A&P Nursing: Lymphatic and Immune - Practice
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C) defending the body against both external and internal threats. - Ans:✔✔-The primary function of the
lymphatic system is
A) the transport of hormones.
B) circulation of nutrients and dissolved gases.
C) defending the body against both external and internal threats.
D) the production and distribution of plasma proteins.
E) the production and maturation of leukocytes.
B) transports gases to and away from lymph nodes. - Ans:✔✔-The lymphatic system does all of the
following except
A) helps maintain normal blood volume.
B) transports gases to and away from lymph nodes.
C) eliminates variations in the composition of interstitial fluid.
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D) transports lipids from the digestive tract.
E) fights infection.
B) the venae cavae. - Ans:✔✔-The lymphatic system is composed of all of the following except
A) lymphatic vessels.
B) the venae cavae.
C) the spleen.
D) lymph nodes.
E) lymph.
D) are smaller in diameter. - Ans:✔✔-Compared to blood capillaries, lymph capillaries exhibit all of the
following except that they
A) have no basement membrane.
B) have only a tunica interna.
C) have walls of endothelial cells that overlap like shingles.
D) are smaller in diameter.
E) are frequently irregular in shape.
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E) remove excess nutrients from the lymph. - Ans:✔✔-Lymph nodes do all of the following except
A) produce antibodies through B cells.
B) monitor the contents of lymph.
C) remove debris and pathogens from the lymph.
D) accumulate cancer cells.
E) remove excess nutrients from the lymph.
A) activates B cells. - Ans:✔✔-All of the following are true of the thymus gland except that it
A) activates B cells.
B) reaches its greatest relative size during the second year of life.
C) involutes after puberty.
D) produces T cells.
E) lies in the anterior mediastinum.
B) thoracic duct. - Ans:✔✔-Most of the lymph returns to the venous circulation by way of the
A) right lymphatic duct.
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