Lymphatic/Immune System
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What is the main function of the Lymphatic system?
To return excess tissue fluid to the blood (vascular system)
What collects tissue fluid throughout the body and returns it to the heart?
Lymphatic vessels
Where does the Lymphatic vessels collect tissue fluid from?
Loose Connective tissue
Lymphatic vessels also do what?
Scan the body for pathogens.
Lymphatic Immune system protects the body from…
Foreign organisms
What are the main components of the Immune system?
Lymphocytes, Lymphoid tissue, & Lymphoid organs
What are the key cells of the immune system?
Lymphocytes
What does the immune system include?
Lymphoid tissue & Lymphoid organs
What are the lymphoid organs?
Lymph nodes, Spleen, Thymus, Tonsils, Aggregated Lymphoid nodules (small intestine), & Appendix
Lymphatic vessels carry the fluid….
to great veins in the neck
Once tissue fluid is within lymphatic vessels, what is called?
Lymph
Lymph flows only towards…
the heart
What are the functions of Lymphatic vessels?
collect excess tissue fluid & blood proteins
return tissue fluid & blood proteins to the bloodstream
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