Lymphatic Flashcards
(41 cards)
Adaptive immunity
Specific recognition of pathogens as well as specific response to specific pathogen’s lymphocytes are responsible for this
Innate immunity
Nonspecific present at birth ask the same against everything I E physical and chemical barriers of skin natural killer cells phagocytes inflammation and fever
Function of lymphatic system
Assistant circulating bodily fluids help defend the body against diseases specialized form of reticular connective tissue that contains a large number of lymphocytes
Functions of lymphatic system
Drains exes interstitial fluid transports dietary lipids carries out immune response
Lymphatic capillaries
Closed at one end and unite to form lymphatic vessels
Lymphatic vessels
Resemble small veins but Have thinner walls and more valves
Lymph nodes
Located at intervals along lymphatic vessels contain masses of B cells and T cells
What lacks lymphatic capillaries
A vascular tissue including cartilage epidermis and cornea of eye. also central nervous system portions of spleen and red bone marrow
Specs of lymphatic capillaries
Greater permeability of them blood capillaries can absorb large molecules larger in diameter the blood capillaries have one way structure the permits interstitial fluid to flow in but not out
Anchoring filaments
Attached to lymphatic capillaries there elastic and attach lymphatic endothelial cells to surrounding structures when excess interstitial fluid accumulates the tissue swells these anchoring filaments pool long fat capillaries and make opening between cells larger fluid then moves into lymphatic capillaries
Lacteals
Special lymphatic capillaries for the small intestine they carry dietary lipids into lymphatic vessels and cause live to look creamy white called Chyle
Lymphatic trucks
Lumbar intestinal bronchomediastinal jugular and subclavian
Lumbar lymphatic truck
Adrenal gland Abdominal wall lower limbs viscera of pelvis kidney
Intestinal emphatic truck
Stomach intestines pancreas spleen liver
Bronchomediastinal lymphatic trunk
Thoracic wall lungs heart
Subclavian and jugular lymphatic trucks
Subclavian upper limbs and jugular head and neck
Lymphatic duct
Thoracic duct and right lymphatic duct. Lymphatic trucks lead to these ducks and these two ducks return lymph back to blood
Boracic duct
A.k.a. left lymphatic duct about 15 to 18 inches long begins as a dilation known as the cisterna chyli anterior to second lumbar vertebrae main duct for returning lymph to the blood
Thoracic duct received lymph from
Right and left lumbar trucks left jugular trunk left subclavian trunk left bronchomediastinal trunk. Receives live from left side of head from neck and chest upper limbs entire lower body than ribs. Return slip to the blood at the junction of the left internal jugular and left subclavian veins
Right lymphatic duct
.5 inches long receives live from right jugular right subclavian right bronco mediastinal trunks upper right side of the body and drains and return slip back to blood at Junction of right internal and right subclavian vein
Formation and flow
Blood plasma filter through capillaries to form interstitial fluid more fluid moves out and then back in (about 3 L a day of excess filtered fluid) interstitial space this exit fluid drains into lymphatic vessels and becomes lymph
Important function of the vatic vessels
Return plasma proteins lost into the interstitial space back to the bloodstream
Formation of lymph pathway
Capillaries interstitial space lymphatic capillaries lymphatic vessels lymphatic ducks junction of internal jugular and subclavian vein
Lymphatic movement of fluid
Skeletal muscle pump and respiratory pump lymphatic vessels have valves like veins