Anatomy
The lymphatic system boasts 600 of these.
What are lymph nodes?
Swelling in your arms and legs cause by damaged or missing lymph nodes.
What is lymphedema?
The main basic function of the lymphatic system.
What is to filter waste from the entire body?
The primary tissue that makes up the lymphatic system.
What is lymph tissue?
The palpable lymph node found in the armpit.
What is the axillary node?
The cause of primary lymphedema?
What are rare, inherited conditions?
The name lymph fluid is previously called.
What is plasma?
A cell specialized in phagocytosis of pathogens and cellular waste.
What is a macrophage?
The 2 main lymph ducts, draining into the left and right subclavian veins respectively.
What are the right lymphatic duct and thoracic duct?
The cause(s) of secondary lymphedema.
what is (are)?
-surgery?
-radiation treatment?
-trauma?
The lymphatic system houses but does not produce this cell.
What is a macrophage?
A form of white blood cell specific to the lymphatic system.
What is a lymphocyte?
Historically often referred to as vestigial, this organ plays an important role in housing necessary gut bacteria despite its tendency to burst.
What is the appendix?
The on switch for T-cells.
What are dendritic cells?