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Lymphatic System

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show lymph  
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show up to 3 L of fluid each day that is not reabsorbed and must be returned to the cardiovascualar system.  
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Fluid flow--importance of lympahtic vessels   show
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Lymphatics   show
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show lymph capillaries  
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show teeth, bones, or CNS  
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what else is returned by lymph capillaries?   show
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Lymph capillaries can also take up what?   show
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show larger vessels which follow the arteries  
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show empties into the right subclavian vein  
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right lymphatic duct   show
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inflammation of the lymph vessels   show
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show assisted by muscular pumps, the respiratory pump and one-way valves.  
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increased movement of an extremity causes an increase or decrease in lymph flow   show
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blockage of lymphatics cause tissue swelling known as   show
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lymphoid cells   show
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2 types of lymphocytes   show
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show T cells  
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divide to become plasma cells & then make antibodies   show
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show antigens  
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antigens stimulate   show
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consume foreign material and cellular debris   show
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lymphoid tissues throughout the body function   show
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macrophages vs. lymphocytes   show
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show lymph nodes  
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show cervical, axillary, inguinal regions  
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show 1) act as filters....macrophages remove debris from the lymph b4 xfer back to the blood  
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show help activate the immune system---monitor the lymph for the presence of foreign antigens  
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size and shape of lymph nodes   show
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show a fibrous capsule  
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lymph enters through   show
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lymph exits   show
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the first lymph node clinincally named   show
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show True  
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show become swollen and tender  
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cancer cells in a lymph node   show
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show spleen, thymus, tonsils, clusters of lymph tissue  
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show upper quadrant of abdominal cavity posterior and lateral to the stomach  
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the hilum of the spleen   show
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show remove old and defective RBCs and platelets as well as foreign material and deris-bacteria from the blood  
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show site for lymphocyte proliferation and immune surveillance  
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show stores and release the breakdown products of the RBCs and stores platelets  
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show thin fibrous capsule that can rupture easily  
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show splenectomy  
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show incrase the risk of bacterial infection in the bloodstream  
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location of the thymus   show
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show involved in T-cell maturation  
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show dev.important in childhood  
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show atrophies and is replaced by fatty and fibrous tissue  
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the thymus is direction invovled in fighting infection. T or F   show
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show beneath the mucosa and forma ring of lymphoid tissue around the entrace to the pharynx-the throat  
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show posterior aspet of the oral cavity  
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lingual tonsils   show
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pharyngeal tonsils   show
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show remove pathogens that get through the mucosa of these areas  
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show found in the wall of the distal portion of the small intestine (Peyer's patches) and in the wall of the appendix  
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