Lymphatic System

Purpose of lymphatic system

Transport needed fluid and proteins that have leaked out of blood capillaries back to the bloodstream

The lymphatic system absorbs ___ from ___ to ___

lipids, small intestines, bloodstream

Plays a role with ___ system

immune

Filters out ___

disease causing organism

Lymph is a ___, ___ fluid

Clear, watery

Lymph is a fluid that contains ____

water, salts, sugar, and waste products such as urea and creatinine

Lymph nodes

stationery lymph tissue that produces lymphocytyes

Lymph nodes filter ____ and trap ____ from inflammatory and cancerous leisons

Lymph fluid, substances

How many types of lymphocytes?

2

Become ___ when bacteria is swollen

Swollen

Lymph node location

Cervical, axillary, mediastinal, tonsils, mesentric, para-aortic

Lymph Ducts

Two large ducts that drain different areas of body

Right lymphatic duct

Drains right chest, arm, and side of head

Thoracic Duct

Drains lower body, left side of eye, arm and chest

Spleen located in -

Upper left quadrant

Spleen will destroy all old -

Erhthrocytes

Spleen will ___ or ____ blood

Filter or purify

Spleen will activate ____ or produce ____

Lymphocytes, antibodies

Spleen is the storage of -

Blood

Thymus gland location

Upper mediastinum between lungs

Thymus becomes smaller with -

Age

Thymus gland plays important role in -

Developement of immune system

Lymphocytes learn to recognize body’s own antigens as safe, which is called -

Tolerance

What happens when tolerance fails?

Autoimmune disorders