Lymphatic 1
The largest lymphatic organ in the body.
What is the spleen?
Tonsils located in the back of the pharynx.
What are the palatine tonsils?
Transports excess fluid back to the circulatory system.
What are lymph vessels?
Tonsils located at the base of the tongue.
What are the lingual tonsils?
Largest lymphatic duct in the body.
What is the Thoracic duct?
Straw colored fluid that goes between the capillary and blood tissues.
What is lymph?
Cluster of lymph nodes where the arm meets the trunk.
What are axillary lymph nodes?
Filters blood and stores large amounts of red blood cells.
What is the spleen?
Cluster of lymph nodes where the leg meets the trunk.
What are inguinal lymph nodes?
Cluster of lymph nodes below the ramus of the mandible.
What are submandibular lymph nodes?
Immune system organs that act as filters for the lymphatic system.
What are lymph nodes?
Immunity that you are born with or inherited.
What is natural immunity?
Learned defense after the body fights off an infection or receives a vaccination.
What is acquired immunity?
Largest lymphatic duct and drains lymph from left upper body and all of the lower body.
What is the thoracic duct?
Masses of lymphatic tissue located in the pharynx that produce lymphocytes and filters bacteria.
What are tonsils?
Caused by the Eppstein-Barr virus and causes spleenomegaly.
What is Mononucleosis?
Drains lymph from the right upper body.
What is the right lymphatic duct?
Attached at the cecum, this organ stores lymphoid tissue and functions a reservoir for beneficial gut bacteria.
What is the Vermiform Appendix?
The vessel that receives lymph from the lymphatic ducts and returns it to circulation.
What are the subclavian veins?
Function as immune sensors that identify antigens, activate lymphocytes, and produce antibodies to protect the gastrointestinal tract.
What are Peyer's Patches?
Monocytes that have migrated into lymphatic tissue to engulf pathogens and cellular debris.
What are macrophages?
Mature in the Thymus, destroy infected cells, and regulate immune responses.
What are T-cells?
Mature in bone marrow and produce antibodies to fight infections.
What are B-cells?
Attack abnormal cells including cancer cells and those infected with viruses.
What are Natural Killer (NK) cells?
Located posterior to the sternum, this gland matures T-cells.
What is the Thymus gland?