General Medicine: Lymphatic system

The study of lymphatic system

1. Collecting excess ______ from the body's tissues and returning it to the bloodstream in order to balance out fluid levels in the body and

2. Help the body absorb ____

Each day, approximately __ liters of plasma (liquid part of the blood) will flow out of tiny _____ in the thin walls of the capillaries. The plasma will help to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the cell / tissue that surround the capillaries. The surrounding tissue will soak up all the essential substances and then leave behind the waste. The plasma will return the waste into the bloodstream, but, approximately _ liter of plasma each day won't be returned and the remaining plasma will remain around the tissue like someone throwing trash on the street. The remaining plasma will then turn into _____, and this is where the lymphatic system steps in and helps to return the remaining waste.

Swelling or accumulation of fluid

Cancer of the lymphatic system

An inflammation of the lymph vessels

A higher-than-normal amount of lymphocytes in the body

A parasitic infection that causes the lymphatic system to malfunction

An overgrowth of cells in the body’s lymphatic system

An inborn condition, the presence of noncancerous, fluid-like bumps (cysts) under the skin, due to the lymph vessels overgrowing

Swollen lymph nodes

Tubes that form a convoluted network throughout the body that will transport the lymph towards the major ducts. These tubes include veins and capillaries. This is also where the lymph will officially be soaked up from the tissues

Fluid also referred to as lymphatic fluid; this fluid is actually just plasma that didn’t make it back into the capillaries

The soft, spongy tissue in the center of certain bones (pelvis, spine, sternum) that accounts for producing approximately 95% of all blood cells.

The two main ducts that will receive the lymph from the lymphatic vessels. These ducts will receive the lymph from the vessels, and then return the lymph into the bloodstream by transporting the lymph to the subclavian veins

Bean-shaped glands that monitor and cleanse lymph fluid from damaged cells as it filters through them and also storing leukocytes

The largest lymphatic organ is situated on the left side of the body, beneath the ribs and above the stomach. Most crucial functions - filtration, removal of damaged cells, storing erythro-and thrombocytes in case of emergency

This mucus membrane exists throughout the body in places such as in the small intestine, appendix and airways. MALT will monitor and attack and destroy invading germs

These two structures trap pathogens from everything we consume / inhale and part of the body’s first line of defense against invaders