Lymphatic System

• Lymph vessels


  Network of tubes that carry lymph fluid throughout your body
• Lymph nodes


  Waste treatment centers all over your body that filter lymph fluid from bacteria, viruses, and other harmful substances
• Organs in the lymphatic system

  • Tonsils
  • Spleen
  • Thymus gland
• Tonsils


  Filter out germs you breathe in through your nose or mouth
• Spleen


  Filters your blood and makes white blood cells that protect you from infection
• Thymus gland


  Responsible for making special white blood cells called T cells that help your body fight infections and disease