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Chapter 20: Lymphatic System Exam Practice
Questions and Answers
Lymph, lymphatic vessels, lymphoid organs and lymphoid tissue (throughout the body) - Ans:✔✔-What
four structures comprise the lymphatic system?
Return fluid to the bloodstream, absorbs fat and fat soluble vitamins from the intestines, and defends
the body against disease - Ans:✔✔-What are the three main functions of the lymphatic system?
Lymph - Ans:✔✔-A clear fluid that resembles plasma is known as _____.
Water, electrolytes, waste products and proteins - Ans:✔✔-Lymph is made up of what four components?
20 - Ans:✔✔-Approximately _____ liters of lymph filter through from the interstitium each day.
True - Ans:✔✔-True or False: Lymph is returned to the venous blood.
Edema - Ans:✔✔-If the lymphatic system did not return fluid to the blood stream, _____ would result.
Left - Ans:✔✔-The thoracic duct is dumped into the (right/left) subclavian.
False (veins) - Ans:✔✔-True or False: the distribution of lymphatic vessels is similar to that of the
arteries.
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Capillaries - Ans:✔✔-Lymphatic _____ contain pores and valves.
Subclavian vein / internal jugular vein - Ans:✔✔-Lymphatic capillaries drain into larger vessels that
eventually drain into the venous system at the junction of the _____ and the _____ on either side.
Left Thoracic Duct - Ans:✔✔-The _____ duct drains ¾ of the body's lymph.
Left - Ans:✔✔-The majority of the body's lymph is drained from the _____ side.
Right upper quadrant - Ans:✔✔-The remaining lymph is drained from the ______ of the body.
Contraction of skeletal muscles, changes in intrathoracic pressure, contraction/relaxation of the smooth
muscle in the walls of lymphatic vessels. - Ans:✔✔-What three mechanisms contribute to the movement
of lymph through the body?
Valves - Ans:✔✔-Multiple _____ are present in the lymph vessels to prevent the backflow of lymph fluid.
True - Ans:✔✔-True or False: once the fluid from the right side of the body is dumped into the right
subclavian vein, it is no longer lymph fluid, it is blood.
True - Ans:✔✔-True or False: swollen, tender lymph nodes mean that the lymph is active
Cancer - Ans:✔✔-Swollen lymph nodes that present with no tenderness upon palpation may indicate
what pathology is present?
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Chapter 20: Lymphatic System Exam Practice
Questions and Answers
Lymph, lymphatic vessels, lymphoid organs and lymphoid tissue (throughout the body) - Ans:✔✔-What
four structures comprise the lymphatic system?
Return fluid to the bloodstream, absorbs fat and fat soluble vitamins from the intestines, and defends
the body against disease - Ans:✔✔-What are the three main functions of the lymphatic system?
Lymph - Ans:✔✔-A clear fluid that resembles plasma is known as _____.
Water, electrolytes, waste products and proteins - Ans:✔✔-Lymph is made up of what four components?
20 - Ans:✔✔-Approximately _____ liters of lymph filter through from the interstitium each day.
True - Ans:✔✔-True or False: Lymph is returned to the venous blood.
Edema - Ans:✔✔-If the lymphatic system did not return fluid to the blood stream, _____ would result.
Left - Ans:✔✔-The thoracic duct is dumped into the (right/left) subclavian.
False (veins) - Ans:✔✔-True or False: the distribution of lymphatic vessels is similar to that of the
arteries.
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Capillaries - Ans:✔✔-Lymphatic _____ contain pores and valves.
Subclavian vein / internal jugular vein - Ans:✔✔-Lymphatic capillaries drain into larger vessels that
eventually drain into the venous system at the junction of the _____ and the _____ on either side.
Left Thoracic Duct - Ans:✔✔-The _____ duct drains ¾ of the body's lymph.
Left - Ans:✔✔-The majority of the body's lymph is drained from the _____ side.
Right upper quadrant - Ans:✔✔-The remaining lymph is drained from the ______ of the body.
Contraction of skeletal muscles, changes in intrathoracic pressure, contraction/relaxation of the smooth
muscle in the walls of lymphatic vessels. - Ans:✔✔-What three mechanisms contribute to the movement
of lymph through the body?
Valves - Ans:✔✔-Multiple _____ are present in the lymph vessels to prevent the backflow of lymph fluid.
True - Ans:✔✔-True or False: once the fluid from the right side of the body is dumped into the right
subclavian vein, it is no longer lymph fluid, it is blood.
True - Ans:✔✔-True or False: swollen, tender lymph nodes mean that the lymph is active
Cancer - Ans:✔✔-Swollen lymph nodes that present with no tenderness upon palpation may indicate
what pathology is present?
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