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17 Cards in this Set
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lymphatic system
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consists of lymph
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lymph
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thin, watery fluid composed of intercellular, or interstitial, fluid, which forms when plasma diffuses into tissue spaces
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lymphatic vessels
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located throughout the body in almost all of the tissues that have blood vessels
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lymphatic capillaries
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open ended lymph vessels act like drainpipes. pick up lymph at tissues throughout the body
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lacteals
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specialized lymphatic capillaries loacated in the small intestine
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lymph nodes
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"glands" located all over the body
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right lymphatic duct
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short tube that recieves all the purified lymph from the right side of the head
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thoracic duct
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a much larger tube that drains the lymph from the rest of the body
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cisterna chyli
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in the thoracic duct in an enlarged pouchlike structure serves as a storage area
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tonsils
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masses of lymphatic tissue that filter intersitial fluid
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spleen
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an organ located beneath the left side of the diaphragm and in back of the upper part of the stomach
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thymus
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mass of lymph tissue located in the center of the upper chest
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adentitis
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inflammation or infection of the lymph nodes
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hodgkin's disease
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is a chronic, malignant disease of the lymph nodes
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hodgkin's disease
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is a chronic, malignant disease of the lymph nodes
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splenomegaly
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is an enlargement of the spleen
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tonsillitis
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is an inflammation or infection of the tonsils
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