BIO 111 LECTURE EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What are the two functions the lymphatic system is responsible for? - Answer -
Immunity and returning interstitial fluid to the bloodstream
What does the lymphatic system include? - Answer -Cells, tissues, and organs
What is immunity? - Answer -Ability to defend the body against infection, illness, and
disease
What are lymphocytes? - Answer -Primary cells of the lymphatic system
What do lymphocytes respond to? - Answer -Invading pathogens, abnormal blood cells,
and foreign proteins
What are lymphatic vessels? - Answer -Carry lymph from peripheral tissues to venous
system
What are the two collecting ducts? - Answer -Thoracic and Right Lymphatic
Where does the Thoracic Duct collect lymph from? - Answer -Left side of the body
superior and inferior to the diaphragm
Where does the Right Lymphatic Duct collect lymph from? - Answer -Right side of the
body superior to the diaphragm
What is lymphedema caused by? - Answer -Blocked lymphatic drainage
What is lymphedema? - Answer -Swelling
What do T Cells attack? - Answer -Foreign or body cells infected by viruses
What is the job of kidneys? - Answer -Produce urine
What does the Urinary Tract include? - Answer -Ureters, Urinary, Urethra
What do the ureters receive? - Answer -Urine from the kidneys
What do the ureters conduct? - Answer -Urine to the urinary bladder
What does the urinary bladder receive and store? - Answer -Urine
What does the urethra do? - Answer -Conducts urine from the bladder to the outside of
the body
What are the two functions the lymphatic system is responsible for? - Answer -
Immunity and returning interstitial fluid to the bloodstream
What does the lymphatic system include? - Answer -Cells, tissues, and organs
What is immunity? - Answer -Ability to defend the body against infection, illness, and
disease
What are lymphocytes? - Answer -Primary cells of the lymphatic system
What do lymphocytes respond to? - Answer -Invading pathogens, abnormal blood cells,
and foreign proteins
What are lymphatic vessels? - Answer -Carry lymph from peripheral tissues to venous
system
What are the two collecting ducts? - Answer -Thoracic and Right Lymphatic
Where does the Thoracic Duct collect lymph from? - Answer -Left side of the body
superior and inferior to the diaphragm
Where does the Right Lymphatic Duct collect lymph from? - Answer -Right side of the
body superior to the diaphragm
What is lymphedema caused by? - Answer -Blocked lymphatic drainage
What is lymphedema? - Answer -Swelling
What do T Cells attack? - Answer -Foreign or body cells infected by viruses
What is the job of kidneys? - Answer -Produce urine
What does the Urinary Tract include? - Answer -Ureters, Urinary, Urethra
What do the ureters receive? - Answer -Urine from the kidneys
What do the ureters conduct? - Answer -Urine to the urinary bladder
What does the urinary bladder receive and store? - Answer -Urine
What does the urethra do? - Answer -Conducts urine from the bladder to the outside of
the body
