Lymphatic system

Total blood flow through capillaries per day

• 12,096 - 17,280 L/day

• 12,096 - 15,120 L/day

• 17,280 - 21,600

  L/day

• 12,096 - 15,120

  L/day

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Percentage of fluid filtered out of capillaries and went into lymphatic system

• 50%-70%

• 60%-80%

• 70%-80%

• 60%-70%

The volume of blood entering lymphatic system per day is 12,096 - 15,120 L/day

• FALSE

• TRUE

Pressures involved in pushing fluid out of arteriole that forms interstitial fluid

• Systolic pressure

• Hydrostatic pressure

• Osmotic pressure

• Oncotic pressure

The medium where interchanges of nourishment and waste product between blood and tissue take place

Substance from tissue fluid that could not re-enter blood stream

Substances that are contained in the excess interstitial fluid

• Water

• Lymphocytes

• Electrolytes

• Colloid

Main function of lymph capillaries (2 ans)

• Return lymph to bloodstream

• Transport nourishment and waste product

• Filter blood

• Drains lymphatic fluid

Function of lymphatic system