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lymphatic and endocrine system (Glands (thyroid (synthesizes hormones that…
lymphatic and endocrine system
lymphatic system
lymphatic ducts.lymph tissue, spleen
removes waste and excess fluid from the body tissue
lymph
when this fluid enters the lymphatic system it becomes metabolic wastes like uren
made up of water,digested nutrients,salts,hormones, oxygen etc
lacteals
in small intestine
speacial lymphatic capillaries
pick up digested fats
when the lymph is mixed with the fats or lipid it is called a lymph
lymph node
located all over the body
small,round or oval
size from a pinhead to an almond
lymph vessels
bring lymph to the node
cleans and purifes the lymph
Ducts
right thoracic duct
short tubes that receives all the purifed lymph
from right head and neck, right chest,right arm
returns blood to the right subclavian vein
thoracic duct
much larger drains the rest of the body
empties into the left subclavian vein
cisterna chyli
storage are for the purified lymph
organs
tonsils
masses of lymphatic tissue
filter interstital fluid
3 kinds
pharyngeal
located in nasopharynx
lingual
on the back of the tongue
palatine
located on each side of the soft palate
spleen
location
under the left side of diaphragm and in the back part of upper stomach
makes leukocytes and antibodies
Thymus
mass of lymph tissue
located in center of chest
waste away after puberty
replaced with fats and connective tissues
Illness
adenitis
inflammation or infection of the lymph nodes
occurs in large quantities
s/sx
fever and swollen painful nodes
treatment
antibotics, warm moist compresses
Hodgkins disease
chroinc malignat disease of the lymph nodes
most common form of lymphoma
s/sx
painless swelling of lymph nodes
treatment
chemotherapy and radiation
lymphangitis
inflamation of the lymph vessels
s/sx
red streak extanding up the arm or leg from source
treatment
antibiotics.rest,elevation
Glands
pituitary
master gland
at the base of the brain
divided under two sections
posterior
anterior
ovaries
female sex glands
pancreas
located behind stomach
fish shaped
testes
make sex glands
adrenal
located above the kidneys
often called supraronal glands
each gland has two parts
cortex
outer
medulla
inner
secreted steriod hormones which are classified into three groups
glucocoticoid
gonadocorticoid
mineralcortcoid
thymus
thyroid
synthesizes hormones that regulate the bodys metabolism
t3,t4 and calctunim
requires iodine from food intake
hypothyroidism
two kinds
myxedema
cretinism
placenta
connection between mom and baby
tempary gland
found only durning pregnacy
expelled after the birth of baby