Lymphatic System Exam Module 8 Questions and Answers (2024 / 2025) (Verified Answers)PDF

1. Where does lymph come from? ANS Fluid that has leaked out around cells 2. What are the lymph organs? ANS Tonsils, adenoids, thymus, and spleen 3. Where does fluid enter the lymph system? ANS Lymphatic vessels/capillaries 4. What does it move to after the lymph capillaries? ANS Lymph channels 5. Why does lymph move? ANS Contraction of large skeletal muscles 6. What ensures a unidirectional movement of lymph? ANS A series of valves 7. How does the lymph enter the lymph node? ANS Through an afferent lymph vessel 8. What are lymph nodes? ANS Pockets that have a high concentration of lymphocytes that function to filter harmful substances such as bacteria and viruses from lymph before it is returned to the blood stream 9. What are four things that can be destroyed by lymph nodes? ANS Bacteria, viruses, infectious agent, cancerous cell