lymphatic system
lymphatic system
made up of
lymphatic ducts
lymph tissue
spleen
thymus
tonsils
works with the circulatory system
responsible for
Removing waste products, and excess liquids from tissues
lymph
watery fluid
made up of
water, digested nutrients, salts, hormones, oxygen, carbon dioxide, lymphocytes, metabolic wastes like urea
lymphatic vessels
small open ended, act like tubes
lacteals
special lymphatic capillaries, pick up digested fats
lymph nodes/ glands
small round groups, or clusters that bring lymph to the node.
Right thoracic ducts
short tube that receives all of the purified lymph from the right side of the neck, chest, and right arm
it will empty into the right subclavian vein, returning the clean lymph to the blood
Thoracic duct
Larger
drains into the rest of the body
empties to left subclavian vein
At the start of the ducts there is a sac like structure called, Cisterna chyli
Tonsils
masses of lymphatic tissue that filter interstitial fluid
palatine
located on each side of the soft plate
pharyngeal
Adenoids- located in the nasopharynx
ligual
located at the back of the tongue
Spleen
organ located beneath left side of diaphram and in the back of the upper part of the stomach
produces leukocytes and antibodies
Thymus
mass of lymph tissue located in the center of upper chest
atrophies after puberty
gets taken over by the lymphnodes
adenitis
inflammation/ infection of lymphnodes
occurs in large quantities of harmful substances
Hodkins disease
Chronic malignant disease of the lymphnodes
most common form of lymphoma
Lymphangitis
Inflammation of lymphatic vessels
from infection of extremity
splenomegaly
enlargment of the spleen
from abnormal accumulation of RBC mono, and cirrhosis of liver
Tonsilitis
inflammation/ infection of the tonsils