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Lymphatic System Study Sheet

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Where are lymph capillaries located?   In the skin, subcutaneous tissues, and lining membranes of body cavities.  
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What do lymph capillaries form?   Lymph vessels  
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What do the larger lymph vessels unite to form?   Thoracic duct or right lymph duct  
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What are the components of the lymphatic system?   Capillaries, collecting vessels, ducts (trunk vessels), nodes (glands), and other organs, such as the tonsils, adenoids, spleen, thymus gland, and intestinal follicles  
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Name the lymphatic ducts.   Thoracic and right lymph ducts  
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The _____ duct drains lymph from _____________.   Thoracic; lower limbs, pelvis, abdomen, left half of thorax, left upper limbs, left half of head and neck  
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The ______ duct empties lymph into ______ .   Right Lymph; right brachiocephalic or right subclavian vein  
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Cervical nodes drain from?   Head and neck  
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Axillary nodes drain from?   Upper limbs, chest wall and breast  
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Tracheobronchial nodes drain from?   Lungs, bronchi, heart and mediastinal structures.  
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Aortic nodes drain from?   Testes, ovaries, uterus, uterine tubes, abdominal organs  
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Aortic nodes drain into?   Thoracic duct  
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Internal iliac nodes drain from?   Lymph vessels from pelvis, perineum, genitals, buttocks  
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External iliac nodes drain from?   Deep vessels of the lower limbs, inguinal nodes ad obdominal nodes  
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Name four other lymph organs.   Tonsils, Adenoids, Spleen, and Intestinal lymph follicles  
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What are the functions of the spleen?   Forms lymphocytes, moncytes and plasma cells; Destroys worn out RBCs (phagocytosis); Reservoir of RBCs  
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