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the interstitial fluid that enters lymphatic capillaries will contain some waste materials.
What is waste material transport?
100
Sometimes called lymph glands, but are not true glands.
What is a lymph node?
100

white blood cells

What are lymphocytes?

100

A series of vessels or ducts that carry excess tissue fluid.

What is the lymphatic system

100
The Lymphatic system helps the body fight ______.
What are infections?
200
Ducts, lymph vessels, nodes, and organs that carries lymph.
What is the system made of?
200
Has both lymphatic and hematologic functions.
What is the spleen?
200
A fluid that sends out immune cells.
What is lymph?
200
Drain fluid from specific areas of the body.
What are lymph vessels?
200
Lymph capillaries carry lymph into larger vessels called ________ vessels.
What are lymphatic vessels?
300
prevents edema.
What is the removal of excess tissue fluid.
300
Produces thymocytes and T-cells.
What is the thymus?
300
A fluid that leaks out of capillaries and cleans body tissues.
What is interstitial fluid?
300
Compared to plasma, ____ is made up of more water, sugar and electrolytes
What is lymph
300
The _______ is the largest organ in the lymphatic system.
What is the spleen?
400
interstitial fluid that enters lymphatic capillaries contains microorganisms, cellular debris, and other foreign matter that must be removed.
What is filtration of lymph?
400
Nodules of lymphoid tissue found in epithelial surfaces.
What is a tonsil?
400
White blood cells that take out damaged cells throughout the blood stream.
What is macrophages?
400
Found at the beginning of the lymph drainage system.
What are tonsils
400
_____ allow body movements to propel lymph toward the heart.
What are valves?
500
Enzymes are transported in lymph to blood from their cells of origin.
What is protein transport?
500
A general term for lymphoid tissue found in the lining of the intestine.
What is GALT. (Gut Associated Lymph Tissue)
500
Accumulation of fluid in the tissues.
What is edema?
500
Picked up as lymph vessels pass through a lymph node.
What are lymphocytes?
500
______ ________ is how cells receive some of the nutrients carried by plasma.
What is plasma diffusion.