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Which of these vessels drains the lymph from all parts of the body except the right side of the chest?
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Thoracic Duct- COULD BE WRONG !
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Where do lymph vessels return intercellular fluid to?
Lymph Vessels return intercellular fluid to the veins.
What is the small filtering structures to which afferent lymph vessels carry lymph?
Lymph nodes
How many lymphatic ducts are there?
The lymphatic system consists of:Lymph - This is a clear, watery fluid which carries away particles such as bacteria and cell debris from the bloodstream so that they can then be destroyed by lymph nodes.Lymph Vessels - These are lymph capillaries and larger lymph vessels, both of which transport the lymph. The lymph vessels become larger as they join together and end up forming two large ducts called the thoracic duct and the right lyphatic duct which empty lymph into the subclavian veins.Lymph organs and tissues - These include lymph nodes which lymph drains through before returning to the venous circulation and their function is to filter the lymph of things like microbes and damaged tissue cells. The main organ of the lymphatic system is the spleen. The spleen has many functions including destroying old and abnormal red blood cells, storing blood and it helps in immune response to infection.
What does the human lymphatic system consists of?
There are two parts to the lymphatic system, the lymph vessels and the lymph nodes. The vessels carry excess interstitial fluid away to the vena cava just before it enters the heart. These vessels run through the lymph nodes. The nodes produce lymphocytes that piggyback the lymph flow to join the blood circulation.
How do you spell lymph node gland in the neck?
Lymph nodes are not glands. They are swellings along the lymph vessels that carry tissue fluid back to the heart.
Large lymph vessels in the chest that drains lymph from the lower part and left side of the body above the diaphragm?
right lymphatic duct
Where does the lymphatic system drain?
Lymph is interstitial fluid that drains from the blood vessels and goes into the interstital space. Lymph retruns to the blood stream via the lymphatic vessels that drain into the subclavian vein.
Difference between blood and lymph?
Lymph is mainly leakage from blood vessels, thus it is almost identical EXCEPT for the absence of Red Blood cells.
What organs are found in the lymphatic system?
Lymph vessels,lymph nodes,spleen,
Why is it important that lymph vessels are spread throughout body?
lymph vessels are like blood vessels and they carry fluid similar in composition to blood plasma (only that they carry clear fluid containing less protein than blood plasma and numerous white blood cells which help to fight infection, especially lymphocytes), the body tissues are bathed in lymph from the blood , then the lymph vessels drain the lymph away just like the vein drains deoxygenated blood from body back to the heart, in a situation whereby the drainage of lymph by the lymph vessels is interupted, there is accumulation of fluid in that part of the body causing edema( excessive accumulation of fluid in the body) so the lymph vessels are important for drainage of lymph throughout the body and due to this they are able to carry antibodies(foreign micro organisms in the body) to the lymph node to be destroyed. all the lymph that is collected goes to the thoracic duct and right lymphatic duct which then empty back into the blood.
How does lymph move through the lymph vessels without a pump?
The contradiction and relaxation of skeletal muscles moves lymph trough the lymph vessels.
Does the lymph node system vessels form a continuous loop through body?
No, the system drains into the blood circulatory system via the left and right lymphatic ducts.
Why is it important that the lymph vessel are spread throughout the body?
lymph vessels are like blood vessels and they carry fluid similar in composition to blood plasma (only that they carry clear fluid containing less protein than blood plasma and numerous white blood cells which help to fight infection, especially lymphocytes), the body tissues are bathed in lymph from the blood , then the lymph vessels drain the lymph away just like the vein drains deoxygenated blood from body back to the heart, in a situation whereby the drainage of lymph by the lymph vessels is interupted, there is accumulation of fluid in that part of the body causing edema( excessive accumulation of fluid in the body) so the lymph vessels are important for drainage of lymph throughout the body and due to this they are able to carry antibodies(foreign micro organisms in the body) to the lymph node to be destroyed. all the lymph that is collected goes to the thoracic duct and right lymphatic duct which then empty back into the blood.
The method by which lymph is pushed through the lymph vessels is?
The contraction of certain muscles squeezes the lymph vessels, pumping lymph throughout the system
Where do lymph vessels return intercellular fluid to?
Lymph Vessels return intercellular fluid to the veins.
What structures filter lymph?
tiny vessels
What vessel does the lymph exit through?
A lymph vessel. They are similar in function to blood vessels. However the lymph is moved along the vessel by muscle contractions rather than by the heart pumping.
