INTRO TO PATH DISEASES OF LYMPHATIC_SKELETAL SYSTEMS LU 7 SET #1

Front

What are the organs that make up the lymphatic system?

Back

Tonsils

Spleen

thymus gland

Front

The swelling or enlargement of lymph nodes caused by production of lymphocytes and leukocytes within the lymph nodes or by a tumor in the node itself.

Back

Lymphadenopathy

Front

Osteosarcoma is also known as

Back

osteogenic sarcoma

Front

An excessive growth of the bones in the elderly, causing chronic inflammation of bones resulting in thickening and softening of the bones describes

Back

Paget’s disease

Front

A disease in which the immune system attacks the joints, beginning with the lining of joints.

Back

Rheumatoid arthritis

Front

An abnormal accumulation of tissue fluid or lymph in the interstitial spaces’ due lymphatic disturbances

Back

Lymphedema

Front

List the 5 symptoms of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma that we studied

Back

enlarged lymph nodes
fever
night sweats
weight loss

and

tiredness.

Front

What are the two broad categories of lymphoma?

Back

Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

and

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Front

An enlargement of the spleen is called

Back

Splenomegaly

Front

An inflammation of the tonsils caused by an infection, is contagious and can spread through contact with the throat or nasal fluids of infected persons

Back

Tonsillitis