Exam 20: The Lymphatic System and Lymphoid Organs and Tissues

Match the following: -Largest lymphatic organ.

Which of the following is not a function of lymph nodes?

Because lymph vessels are very low- pressure conduits, movements of adjacent tissues are important in propelling lymph through the lymphatics.

Match the following: -Isolated clusters of lymph follicles found in the wall of the small intestine.

Figure 20.1Using Figure 20.1, match the following: -Cisterna chyli.

The appendix, tonsils, and Peyer's patches are examples of .

Figure 20.2Using Figure 20.2, match the following: -Trabecula.

Like blood, lymph flows both to and from the heart.

Thymic corpuscles are always found in the lighter- colored regions of the thymus.

Lymph transport involves all but which of the following?

Figure 20.2Using Figure 20.2, match the following: -Tonsils have blind- ended structures called .

Figure 20.1Using Figure 20.1, match the following: -Axillary node(s).

There are more efferent lymphatic vessels leaving a lymph node than there are afferent vessels entering a lymph node.

A woman had a mastectomy that included the removal of axillary lymph nodes on her left side. What does she risk regarding her left arm and why?

The tonsils located at the base of the tongue are the .