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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CH 31 EXAM QUESTIONS
Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation
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-Guarantee passing score -68 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: An infection of a lymph node is called:
Answer:
adenitis Question 2: The _____ is just above most of the left kidney and the descending colon and behind the fundus of the stomach.
Answer:
spleen
Question 3: ______ palatine, pharyngeal, tubal, and lingual are examples
Answer:
tonsils Question 4: The thymus secretes:
Answer:
thymosin
Question 5: Total volume of lymph depends on depth of ______
Answer:
inspiration Question 6: Adenoids are swollen:
Answer:
pharyngeal tonsils
Question 7: _____ ____ is made up of dense masses of developing lymphocytes.
Answer:
White pulp Question 8: Thoracic duct lymph is "pumped" into the venous system during inspiration. T or F?
Answer:
True
Question 9: ______ destroys worn-out red blood cells
Answer:
spleen
Question 10: Splenomegaly is removal of the spleen. T or F?
Answer:
False. Abnormal spleen enlargement Question 11: If lymphatic return is blocked, which of the following will not occur?
Answer:
CO2 levels in the blood will rise
Question 12: _____ serves as a reservoir for blood
Answer:
spleen
Question 13: Interlacing _____ _____ are found in the tunica media and tunica externa of the walls of large lymphatic vessels
Answer:
elastic fibers
Question 14: Lymph nodes have several afferent and efferent vessels. T or F?
Answer:
False.Question 15: The small depression of a lymph node from which the efferent lymph vessel arises
is termed the:
Answer:
hilum
Question 16: Lymph from the rest of the body empties into the _____ _____
Answer:
thoracic duct
Question 17: ______ T lymphocytes
Answer:
thymus Question 18: Both lymph and interstitial fluid closely resemble blood plasma in composition. T or F?
Answer:
True Question 19: The lymph nodes located in front of the ear are called the:
Answer:
none of the above
Question 20: An anastomosis is the removal of a part. T or F?
Answer:
False. Surgical procedure connecting two structures in the body
Question 21: The lymphatic system could be referred to as a specialized component of the circulatory system. T or F?
Answer:
True Question 22: Tonsils, Thymus, Spleen, and Bone marrow are all structures of the ______ system
Answer:
Lymphatic Question 23: Over 85% of the lymph from the breast enters lymph nodes of the:
Answer:
axillary region.Question 24: Lymph from the entire body drains into the thoracic duct, except lymph from the:
Answer:
upper right quadrant Question 25: The thymus is located:
Answer:
in the mediastinum
Question 26: Skeletal muscle contractions (increase/decrease) flow
Answer:
increase
Question 27: Thoracic duct originates in the _____ _____
Answer:
cisterna chyli Question 28: The most important function(s) of the lymphatic system is/are:
Answer:
fluid balance of the internal environment and immunity.
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