quiz 20

Which of the following is NOT a part of the lymphatic system?

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  lymphatic vessels

• lymph nodes

• erythrocytes

• lymph

There are more efferent lymphatic vessels leaving a lymph node than there are afferent vessels entering a lymph node.

• True

• False

Small secondary lymphoid organs, which cluster along lymphatic vessels, are termed ________.

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  lymph nodes

  
  

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  lymph follicles

  
  

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  lacteals

  
  

• lymphatics

Which of the following correctly describes the pathway of lymph?

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  lymphatic ducts to lymphatic trunks to lymphatic vessels to lymphatic capillaries

  
  

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  lymphatic ducts to lymphatic capillaries to lymphatic vessels to lymphatic trunks

  
  

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  lymphatic vessels to lymphatic trunks to lymphatic ducts to lymphatic capillaries

  
  

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  lymphatic capillaries to lymphatic vessels to lymphatic trunks to lymphatic ducts

  
  

Large clusters of lymph nodes are NOT found in the ________ region.

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  popliteal

  
  

• inguinal

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  axillary

  
  

• cervical

Although B and T lymphocytes originate in the bone marrow, T cells mature in the ________.

• tonsils

• appendix

• thymus

• spleen

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding the spleen?

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  The spleen is the largest lymphoid organ.

  
  

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  Clusters of white pulp look like islands in a sea of red pulp.

  
  

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  Red pulp is where immune functions take place.

  
  

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  The splenic artery and vein enter and exit the spleen at the hilum.

  
  

Which lymphoid organ atrophies as we age?

• thymus

• tonsils

• spleen

• appendix

Lymph traveling from the left arm would enter the venous circulation via the _______.

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  thoracic duct

  
  

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  axillary nodes

  
  

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  right lymphatic duct

  
  

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  cisterna chili

  
  

Peyer's patches are found in the distal portion of the ________.

• stomach

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  small intestine

  
  

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  esophagus

  
  

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  large intestine