Exam 31: Lymphatic System

Almost all of the interstitial fluid filtered out by the capillaries enters the lymphatic system.

There are four sets of tonsils: the lingual, palatine, pharyngeal, and tubal.

About half of the lymph flowing through the thoracic duct comes from the:

A type of blood cell produced by lymph nodes is called a(n):

Lymphatics resemble veins except that lymphatics:

The lymphatic system returns about 3 liters of lymph back to the blood each day by consistently returning about 125 ml per hour.

The lymph taken from what location has the highest concentration of protein?

Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin are categories of lymphangitis.

Which of the following is a function of the thymus?

Patients with immunodeficiencies such as AIDS often develop a malignancy of lymphoid tissue.

The lymph with the highest concentration of protein is found in the right lymphatic duct.

Lymphatic capillaries and blood capillaries both play important roles in the absorption of proteins from tissue spaces.

The thymus plays an important role in "seeding" other lymphatic tissue such as the spleen and lymph nodes with lymphocytes.

About half the lymph that passes through the thoracic duct comes from the liver and the small intestine.

The lymphatic system is actually a specialized component of the circulatory system because it consists of a moving fluid derived from the blood and tissue fluid and a group of vessels that return the fluid to the blood.

The cisterna chyli is in the thoracic cavity just inferior to the left subclavian vein.

Match each body location with the corresponding group of lymph nodes. -Inguinal lymph nodes

Relative to the rest of the body, the thymus is largest at _____ years of age.

The lymph nodes located in the groin are called the:

Sentinel lymph nodes can be used to determine whether breast cancer has spread.