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LYMPHATIC SYSTEM (PEARSON & SEELEY'S)
EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Pathogen - Ans:✔✔-Any substance or microorganism that causes disease or tissue damage
Lymphatic System - Ans:✔✔-The system that functions as a protection against microorganisms that
causes disease or tissue damage
Lymph - Ans:✔✔-When fluid already enters the lymphatic capillaries/ vessels, what is it called?
Edema - Ans:✔✔-A disease caused by extra fluid that enters the interstitial spaces; It impairs the ability
of cells to make exchanges with the interstitial fluid & ultimately the blood
Lacteals - Ans:✔✔-Located at the walls of the small intestine that absorbs lipids through the lymphatic
vessels
Chyle - Ans:✔✔-is a whitish lymph absorbed from the small intestine (white, because of lipid content)
Squamous Cells - Ans:✔✔-Overlapping _____ ____ acts as mini valves in the lymphatic capillary wall that
prevents the backflow of fluid
Lymphatic Organs - Ans:✔✔-What is the collective name of tonsils, lymphocytes, lymph nodes, spleen &
thymus
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Lymphatic Tissue - Ans:✔✔-A tissue that is characterized by housing many lymphocytes & other defense
cells like macrophages
Red Bone Marrow - Ans:✔✔-Where do lymphocytes originate?
Reticular Fiber - Ans:✔✔-These fibers form an interlaced network that hold the lymphocytes in place as
well as other cells. It also traps microorganisms filtered from lymph and blood.
Tonsils - Ans:✔✔-Collective name of 1) Palatine Tonsils, 2) Pharyngeal Tonsils and 3)Lingual Tonsils
Palatine Tonsils - Ans:✔✔-Located at each side of the posterior opening of the oral cavity; these are the
ones usually referred to as "The Tonsils"
Pharyngeal Tonsils - Ans:✔✔-Tonsils that are located near the internal opening of the nasal cavity
Lingual Tonsils - Ans:✔✔-Tonsils that are located at the posterior surface of the tongue
Adenoid - Ans:✔✔-What do you call an enlarged pharyngeal tonsil?
Tonsillectomy - Ans:✔✔-What do you call the removal of palatine tonsils?
Adenoidectomy - Ans:✔✔-What do you call the removal of the pharyngeal tonsils?
Lingual Tonsils - Ans:✔✔-What tonsil is rarely infected and often difficult to remove?
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM (PEARSON & SEELEY'S)
EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Pathogen - Ans:✔✔-Any substance or microorganism that causes disease or tissue damage
Lymphatic System - Ans:✔✔-The system that functions as a protection against microorganisms that
causes disease or tissue damage
Lymph - Ans:✔✔-When fluid already enters the lymphatic capillaries/ vessels, what is it called?
Edema - Ans:✔✔-A disease caused by extra fluid that enters the interstitial spaces; It impairs the ability
of cells to make exchanges with the interstitial fluid & ultimately the blood
Lacteals - Ans:✔✔-Located at the walls of the small intestine that absorbs lipids through the lymphatic
vessels
Chyle - Ans:✔✔-is a whitish lymph absorbed from the small intestine (white, because of lipid content)
Squamous Cells - Ans:✔✔-Overlapping _____ ____ acts as mini valves in the lymphatic capillary wall that
prevents the backflow of fluid
Lymphatic Organs - Ans:✔✔-What is the collective name of tonsils, lymphocytes, lymph nodes, spleen &
thymus
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
Lymphatic Tissue - Ans:✔✔-A tissue that is characterized by housing many lymphocytes & other defense
cells like macrophages
Red Bone Marrow - Ans:✔✔-Where do lymphocytes originate?
Reticular Fiber - Ans:✔✔-These fibers form an interlaced network that hold the lymphocytes in place as
well as other cells. It also traps microorganisms filtered from lymph and blood.
Tonsils - Ans:✔✔-Collective name of 1) Palatine Tonsils, 2) Pharyngeal Tonsils and 3)Lingual Tonsils
Palatine Tonsils - Ans:✔✔-Located at each side of the posterior opening of the oral cavity; these are the
ones usually referred to as "The Tonsils"
Pharyngeal Tonsils - Ans:✔✔-Tonsils that are located near the internal opening of the nasal cavity
Lingual Tonsils - Ans:✔✔-Tonsils that are located at the posterior surface of the tongue
Adenoid - Ans:✔✔-What do you call an enlarged pharyngeal tonsil?
Tonsillectomy - Ans:✔✔-What do you call the removal of palatine tonsils?
Adenoidectomy - Ans:✔✔-What do you call the removal of the pharyngeal tonsils?
Lingual Tonsils - Ans:✔✔-What tonsil is rarely infected and often difficult to remove?
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