Lymph/Cardiac Dz

What is edema?

• Another name for plasma
• Fluid that accumulates in the tissues
• Antigens found on the surface of RBCs
• Fluid that accumulates in your lymph nodes

Where is the SPLEEN?

• Surrounding the voice box
• Above the heart
• Adjacent to the stomach
• In the arm pit

Cancer that starts in the lymph nodes is called

• lymphoma
• myeloma
• lymphangitis
• Mono

Which term means "cell eating?"

• pinocytosis
• phagocytosis

The ____ lymph nodes are in your armpit.

• axillary
• brachial
• radial
• ulnar

Which of these is a thin, watery fluid, which forms when plasma diffuses into tissue spaces?

• cerebrospinal fluid
• lymph
• lacteals
• intracellular fluid

What do lymphatic vessels have that keep lymph flowing in only one direction?

• one way valves
• peristalsis
• smooth muscle
• pressure from contraction of the heart

What causes lymph to flow through the lymphatic vessels?

• contraction of cardiac muscle
• contraction of smooth muscle
• contraction of skeletal muscle
• all of the above

What causes lymph to flow through the lymphatic vessels?

• contraction of cardiac muscle
• contraction of smooth muscle
• contraction of skeletal muscle
• all of the above

lymphatic system

• a type of white blood cell
• defense against infection and disease
• circulates blood cells
• transports nutrients throughout the body

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