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What is lymph node bx?
On it's way lymph passes through masses of tissue called lymph nodes
What does the nail bed contain?
Lymph nodes
Where are the lymph nodes most dense?
Lymph nodes are most dense in the inguinal, axillary and cervical regions of the body.
Small cell masses where protective cells are stored are known as?
"The Lymph Nodes, or glands, are small tissue masses in which some protective cells are stored. If pathogens invade your body, many of them are carried to the lymph nodes to be destroyed. This is why your lymph nodes often feel swollen when you have a cold or the flu." (From An Invitation to Health, 2009-2010 Edition, by Dianne Hales)
What structures filter lymph?
tiny vessels
Trabeculae in lymph nodes are made of?
Lymph nodes are made up primarily of connective tissue. In the case of lymph nodes, this connective tissue is dense, and irregular in organization.
What are the small bean shaped organs that remove particles from lymph?
lymph-nodes
What Dø lymph nodes Dø and what is there function?
Lymph nodes are composed of masses of lymphocytes and other cells which serve the function in humans of fighting off foreign bodies including bacteria and viruses. Lymph nodes are a central part of the human immune system. Lymphatic ducts carry lymph fluid into and out of lymph nodes. This is one of the ways that immune cells travel to all parts of the body. Cancers of the lymph nodes are called lymphomas of which the most well known is Hodgkins Disease.
What are the Bean-shaped masses of tissue in the body that help tp protect against infection?
Lymph nodes
What filters harmful substances from lymph?
Lymph nodes
What is a fatty hilus and is this bad for the lymphnodes?
Actually, most healthy lymph nodes contain fatty hilus. Sometimes lymph nodes can have fatty hilus and it could turn out to be malignant.
Which organ is part of the lymphatic system?
spleen, tonsils, lymph nodes, heart, thymus,
