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What is hilar adenopathy?
Hilar adenopathy is a term for enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes.
What is hillar lympahdenopathies?
A hilum is a place where arteries, veins, and nerves enter and leave a structure. There hilums all over the body including the spleen, kidney, lung, and lymph nodes. Lymphadenopathy means that something is wrong with the lymph nodes. But in general usage it means the lymph nodes are enlarged. So in hilar lymphadenopathy, there are lymph nodes around whatever organ that are enlarged.
What does multiple sites of mediastinal and hilar tumor lymphadenopthy mean?
There are a number of enlarged lymph nodes noted in the center of the chest cavity.
What structures filter lymph?
tiny vessels
What are the small bean shaped organs that remove particles from lymph?
lymph-nodes
What filters harmful substances from lymph?
Lymph nodes
Which organ is part of the lymphatic system?
spleen, tonsils, lymph nodes, heart, thymus,
What is all about primary compex?
A primary complex refers to a tuberculosis infection within the lung tissue - the tuberculous focus is small and will usually involve the hilar and para-tracheal lymph nodes.
What filters out microorganisms and foreign material that have been engulfed by the lymphocytes?
Lymph Nodes
Lymph nodes that drain the head and the neck area?
Anterior and posterior cervical lymph nodes.
What is the difference between cephalic lymph nodes and pectoral lymph nodes?
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
What lymph nodes are located in the groin region?
inguinal
