[NR] LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

what becomes the lymph? in the context of the relationship between blood vessels and lymphatic vessels

the tissue fluid that goes out of the capillaries and will enter the lymph capillaries

fluid leaks into

lymph capillaries

what is called the collecting vessels?

lymphatic collecting vessels or lymphatics

lymphatic vessels are similar to veins of the cardiovascular system because

1thin-walled

2larger vessels have valves

3low-pressure, pumpless system

Lymph transport is aided by:

1milking action of skeletal muscles

2pressure changes in thorax during breathing

3smooth muscle in walls of lymphatics

Lymphocytes function

respond to foreign substance in lymph

Most lymph nodes structure

kidney-shaped, less than 1 inch long, and buried in connective tissue o surrounded by a capsule o divided into compartments by trabeculae

germinal centers of lymph nodes enlarge when

antibodies are released by plasma cells

Medulla contains -

phagocytic macrophages