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What does the term retroauricular lymph node imply about its anatomical position?
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∙ 12y ago
Retroauricular lymphnodes are those lymph nodes that are behind the auricles or the pinna of the ears.
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What is the anatomical name for the portion of the kidney where blood vessels and nerves enter?
The hilum is the medial depression in the kidney where the blood and lymph vessels and nerves enter.
What is a network of intersecting blood vessels nerves or lymph vessels?
A plexus is a network of nerves or vessels. Plexus is the typical anatomical term, but the crossword puzzle term is rete.
What is around the windpipe?
Properly called the trachea, the windpipe is surrounded by several structures. These anatomical structures, include the thyroid gland, lymph nodes, esophagus. carotid arteries, epiglottis and cervical vertebrae.
What structures filter lymph?
tiny vessels
What filtering Lymph Organ?
The lymph nodes filter lymph.
What is the term for Stationary lymph tissue along the path of lymph vessels?
lymph nodes
Do lymph nodes filter lymph?
lymph capillary Lymph fluid is filtered in lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are along lymph vessels which that run along blood vessels. Lymph vessels draw in interstitial fluid (fluid between cells) and it them becomes lymph fluid. Lymph nodules are in connective tissue in place of high traffic and does not function as a filter because it's not along a lymph vessel.
What filters harmful substances from lymph?
Lymph nodes
What are the small bean shaped organs that remove particles from lymph?
lymph-nodes
Which organ is part of the lymphatic system?
spleen, tonsils, lymph nodes, heart, thymus,
Lymph and mechanisms of lymph transport?
Lymph is a tissue that diffuses into the lymphatic capillaries
What is a small node of tissue that filters lymph?
A lymph node.
