Structure
These structures comprise the lymphatic system.
What are nodes and vessels?
Drainage areas are separated from each other by this set of lines.
What are watershed lines?
This is interstitial fluid that is absorbed into the lymphatic system.
What is lymph fluid?
This doctor pioneered manual lymphatic drainage in the 1930s.
Who is Dr. Emil Vodder?
This is the name for nodes which are found in the groin.
What are inguinal nodes?
A single layer of this type of flat cells line the walls of lymph capillaries.
What are endothelial cells?
This word is a connection or opening between two things that are normally diverging or branching, and describes the way lymph is transported and freely exchanged.
What is anastomose?
Blood and lymph are examples of this type of connective tissue.
This is the location of lymph vessels, requiring massage therapists to treat with light pressure.
What is superficial, just below the structure of the skin?
This is the name for nodes which are found in the armpit.
What are axillary nodes?
This describes the shape of lymph nodes.
These are lymph vessels that carry lymph to the deep veins at the base of the neck, where it is reunited with the blood, just before it re-enters the heart.
What are lymph trunks?
This is a milky bodily fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats and taken up by lymph vessels known as lacteals.
What is chyle?
These are the three primary purposes of lymphatic massage.
What are reducing swelling, moving lymphatic fluid, and improving metabolic function? (Answers may vary slightly.)
This is the name for nodes which are found in the neck.
What are cervical nodes?
This connects the lymph capillaries to the surrounding tissue.
What are anchoring filaments comprised of collagen?
These two structures collect fluid from the right and left sides of the body before draining into its final destination.
What are the right lymphatic duct and the thoracic duct?
Lymphatic fluid is moved through the body by these primary actions.
What are movement and respiration?
Massage must be performed in this circular direction to be moved through the openings in the lymphatic capillaries.
What is counter-clockwise?
This is the name for nodes which are found in the breast tissue.
What are mammary nodes?
This lymphatic tissue is found in the throat.
What are tonsils?
This structure is the location where lymph fluid drains back into the bloodstream.
What is the subclavian vein?
Interstitial fluid is derived from this source.
What is blood plasma?
This condition can occur in clients with a history of cancer treatment, lymph node removal, and compromised lymph structures.
What is lymphedema?
This is the name for nodes which are found in the connective tissue attaching the intestines to the wall of the abdomen.
What are mesenteric nodes?