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3 functions of the Lymphatic System?
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Protection from infection
Absorbtion of Fat Fluid Balance |
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What is the lymphatic system made up of?
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Lymphatic vessels
Lymph vessels Lymph nodes/organs |
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What do lumph vessels do?
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transport fluids that escape the vascular system back into the blood stream
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What causes edema?
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accululation of escaped fluids in tissue
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What does edema do?
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impairs ex between tissues, interstitial fluid and blood stream
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What do lymph vessels form?
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an elaborate drainage system
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Where are Peyers Patches found?
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in the walls of the small intestine
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What is the function of Peyers Patches?
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macrophages capture and destroy bacteria and prevent them from entering the intestinal wall
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What are the functions of the spleen?
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destroy worn out RBC's
filter and cleanse blood reservoir for platelets and blood |
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What is the spleen and where is it located?
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largest lymphoid organ located in the left abdomen, beneath the diaphram curling around the anterior stomach
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What is the thymus and where is it located?
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secretes hormones that allow T cells to mature, found in the anterior portion of the neck in the anterior
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