Serum is in the blood vessels (circulating blood). Lymph is the plasma that diffuses through the arteries (used to be part of the blood) into the lymph system. Once it flows through the lymph system, it will rejoin with blood through veins.
sera is the plural of serum!
The difference between incision and excision of lymph nodes is very simple. The incision of a lymph node is when the biopsy only takes part of the lymph node during surgery. The excision of the lymph node is when the whole lymph node is removed.
New born calf serum is cheaper than FBS
Lymph and plasma are basically the same substance but it changes names depending on location.
Fibrinogen is found in plasma but not in serum. Plasma has this clotting protein, but when blood clots, fibrinogen is used up, leaving serum without it. That’s the main difference between the two!
An anion gap is a difference between the levels of cations and anions in serum, plasma or urine.
seroma is a tumor-like collection of serum, whereas ceroma is a tumor of degenerated tissue.
Serum is the liquid portion of blood AFTER it has clot. Compared to plasma, which is the liquid portion of blood before it clots. The difference is the absence of fibrinogen in serum.
Lymphadenopathy is the general term for disease of the lymph glands.
Plasma has clotting factors in it and serum does not.
The pectoral lymph nodes are also known as the anterior group and can be found just inferior to the pectoralis minor muscle, the cephalic nodes are also known as deltopectoral lymph nodes and they receive lymph from the superficial vessels only
A limited or modified lymphadenectomy removes only some of the lymph nodes in the area around a tumor; a total or radical lymphadenectomy removes all of the lymph nodes in the area.