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What is the order of lymphatic vessels from small to lg?
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capillaries-->vessels--> ducts-->subclavian veins
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What are the componenets of tissue fluid? What are these components derijved from?
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mostly water, but it also contains solutes (nutrients, electrolytes, and oxygen), derived from plasma and cellular products (i.e. hormones, enzymes, and CO2 and other wastes)
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Why would lymph appear creamy?
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lipid content
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What drains lymph from the left side of the body?
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Thoracic duct
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What drains lymph from the right? What does it drain?
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right lymphatic duct, shorter drains from the right arm and the right side of the head and neck into the right subclavian vein
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What is lymph dependent upon?
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compression from nearby skeletal muscles
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Lymph forced through lypmhatic vessels, as a result of muscular compression, is prevented from flowing backward by what?
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one-way valves.
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What is the name for lymphadinits? What does the name refer to?
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Buboes, bubonic plague
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