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• lymphatic system


  drain fluid from tissue and return to bloodstream

  • transport proteins and other nutrients • absorption

  • immunity
• Gland


  Aden/o
• Adenoid


  Adenoid/o
• Vessel


  Angi/o
• Lymph


  Lymph/o
• Spleen


  Spleen/o
• Thymus


  Thym/o
• Thymitis


  inflammation of the thymus
• Tonsils


  Tonsil/o
• tonsillitis


  inflammation of the tonsils
• lymph and interstitial fluid


  clear, watery fluid

  - originates from blood plasma

  - contain immune cells (lymphocytes)
• Lymph vessel


  extensive network of vessels - transport lymph fluid

  - originate from capillaries
• Lymph nodes


  small mass of tissue

  - to replenish lymph with lymphocytes and monocytes - policeman of body
• cervical, axillary, inguinal


  Lymph nodes appear in clusters in which three regions of the body?
• Right Lymphatic Duct

  Thoracic Duct


  2 lymphatic ducts
• Spleen


  much larger than lymph nodes

  - destroy old rbc

  - cemetery of blood
• Spleen


  - filter lymph nodes and manufacture lymphocytes and monocytes
• 120 days


  Lifespan of blood
• Thymus


  lymph gland located in between lungs
• T-cells


  converts lymphocytes into specialized immune cells,
• Tonsils


  - mass of lymphatic tissue in throat
• Paryngeal and palatine


  are commonly removed in children because of infection
• adenoiditis


  inflammation of adenoids
• Asplenia


  absence of spleen
• Elephantiasis


  infection with parasites in lymph vessels through mosquito bites
• Hodgkin's disease


  cancer in lymphatic system/type of lymphoma
• Reed-Sternberg cells


  large abnormal lymphocytes
• Lymphadenitis


  inflammation of lymph nodes
• lymphadenopathy


  any pathological condition of nodes (swelling of nodes)
• Lymphangioma


  growth/malformation of tumor in lymphatic system
• lymphedema


  swelling due to build up of lymph fluid
• Lymphoma


  cancer in lymphatic system
• mononucleosis


  active infection disease caused by Epstein-Barr virus
• adenoidectomy


  Removal of adenoid
• spleenectomy


  removal of the spleen
• tonsillectomy


  removal of the tonsils
• lympangiography


  X-ray examination of the vessels of the lymphatic system after injection of a substance opaque to X-rays.
• Spleenomegaly


  enlargement of spleen
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma


  malignant cancer cells in lymph system