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Lymphatic System (Tonsils (Palatine (located on each side of the soft…
Lymphatic System
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Lymph Nodes
all over the body, usually in groups or clusters
small, round, or oval masses ranging from size of a pinhead to an almond
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Lymphatic Ducts
Right Thoracic Duct
short tube that receives all of the purified lymph from the rightt side of the head and neck, the right chest, and the right arm
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Thoracic Duct
much larger, drains the rest of the body
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Spleen
located beneath left side of diaphragm and in the back, upper part of the stomach
produces leukocytes and antibodies, destroys old erythrocytes and thrombocytes, and filters metabolites and wastes from body tissue
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Hodgkin's Disease
Chronic, malignant disease of the lymph nodes
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