NU-606 quiz 2 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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Ann Arbor Staging System - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the staging
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system for lymphomas, both in Hodgkin's lymphoma (previously
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called Hodgkin's disease) and Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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What does lymphatic system consist of? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Lymphatic vessels, lymphoid tissue including palantine and
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phalaryngeal tonsils, lymph nodes, spleen, and the thymus gland
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Where are palantine lymph nodes? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔
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Castleman disease - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rare illness involving
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the overgrowth of lymphoid tissue.
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Proliferation of lymphatic cells (giant lymph node hyperplasia)
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,How do lymphatic vessels differ from veins? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Thinner walls, more valves, and nodes at certain
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intervals


What do thinner walls of lymphatic vessels allow for? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔An increased degree of permeability allowing larger
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molecules and some particulate matter to be removed from the
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interstitial spaces. |\




What is only way that proteins which accumulate in interstitial
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fluid can be returned to blood system? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Lymphatic vessels |\




fascia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a band or sheet of fibrous
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connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




filaria - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Lymphatic Helminthic Disease
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transmitted by biting insects; causes elephantitis |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Lacteals - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔specialized lymph vessels in
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the vili of the small intestine that absorb fat and other nutrients
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into the bloodstream
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hydrocele - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a fluid-filled sac in the
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scrotum along the spermatic cord leading from the testicles
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,lymph - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a colorless fluid containing white
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blood cells, that bathes the tissues and drains through the
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lymphatic system into the bloodstream.
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Where do lymphatic ducts empty? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Junction of left and right internal jugulars and left and right
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subclavian veins |\




SPleen functions - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔RBC and platelet
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destruction, hematopoesis (secretes EPO), and defense.
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Largest organ in lymphatic system? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔spleen


lymphedema - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔swelling due to an |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


abnormal accumulation of lymph fluid within the tissues
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lymphoma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔malignant tumor of lymph
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nodes and lymph tissue
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myeloma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tumor of the bone marrow
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Reed-Sternberg Cell - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Hodgkin's |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


lymphoma

, Spleen - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An organ that is part of the
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lymphatic system; it produces lymphocytes, filters the blood,
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stores blood cells, and destroys old blood cells.
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Thymus gland - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a lymphoid organ
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situated in the neck of vertebrates that produces T cells for the
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immune system. The human thymus becomes much smaller at
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the approach of puberty.
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Tonsils - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Paired masses of lymphatic
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tissue near the back of the throat that help trap inhaled or
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swallowed pathogens. |\




Leukemia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Malignant neoplasm of the
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blood-forming organs; characterized by an abnormal over |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


production of immature forms of any of the leukocytes;
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interference with normal blood production that results in
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decreased number of RBCs and platelets
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Symptoms of Leukemia - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Lymphadenopathy |\




Splenomegaly
Hepatomegaly


lymphadenopathy - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A chronic, abnormal |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


enlargement of the lymph nodes, usually associated with disease
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Prognosis of leukemia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Variable
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