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What system of the human body is blocked up during elaphantitis?
The lymph glands and the lymphatic vessels get blocked in elephantiasis
What might happen if your lymphatic vessels become blocked?
The limb in which the problem lymphatic vessel is in can become swelled. This could ultimately cause elephantiasis.
What tropical disease that results when parasitic worms clog the lymphatic vessels?
Elephantiasis
What might happen if your lymphatic vessels became blocked?
it will swell in the region near where it occures
What is Elephantiasis' scientific name?
Elephantiasis' scientific name is lymphatic filariasis. It is a parasitic disease caused by thread-like worms transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes.
What organ does elephantiasis affect?
The lymphatic system..
Which insect causes elephantiasis?
Elephantiasis is usually caused by a blockage of the lymphatic system by threadlike filarial worms, Wuchereria bancrofti.
How do lymphatic vessels originate?
originates as microscopic blind-end vessels called lymphatic capillaries.
What are the major parts of lymphatic system?
interstitial fluid,lymphatic nodes,lymphatic vessels
What is the condition of elephantiasis a form of?
People suffering from elephantiasis retain fluid in the limbs and they become grotesquely swollen. The cause of the disease is parasitic worms that inhabit the lymphatic system and prevent proper circulation.
Lymphatic vessels serve to absorb fat molecules from the?
Lymphatic vessels serve to absorb fat molecules from the small intestines.
What describes constituent components of the human lymphatic system?
0the component of the lymphatic system is the lymph nodes
