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What is the name of the inner region of a lymph node?
The Medulla is the inner region of a lymph node. It contains B cells, plasma cells, and macrophages.
Lymph leaves a lymph node via?
Lymph exits the node at its hilum, the indented region on the concave side, via efferent lymphatic vessels.
What lymph vessel do the lymph node exit through?
Lymph nodes have efferent lymphatic vessels that drain lymph away from the node. These vessels carry filtered lymph containing immune cells and waste products back into the bloodstream.
When is it necessary to drain the lymph nodes in cases of cat-scratch disease?
If a lymph node becomes very swollen and painful, the family doctor may decide to drain it.
What does IM stand for regarding a surgical procedure to drain a lymph node?
Interosseus Membrane
What is the region of a lymph node through which blood vessels pass?
it is the hilumHilum
What cell dominates the cortical region of the lymph node?
T Cell
Do all lymph pass through at least one node before it is returned to the blood stream?
The lymph nodes are all over the body and each area or region is drained by its group of lymph nodes. They do not pass through one node but they drain in the thoracic duct which ultimately opens and drains in the large veins of the neck on the left side
What is a small node of tissue that filters lymph?
A lymph node.
What is the name of the cell that dominates in the cortical region of a lymph node?
T cells
What is the indented region where the blood vessels and nerves join a lymph node?
Hilum
What is the icd code for reactive lymph node?
A reactive lymph node is the same as an enlarged lymph node. Lymph nodes can become enlarged for a variety of reasons, most of which aren't serious. The ICD code for a reactive lymph node is 785.6.
