CHAPTER 28

Question 1

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• the amount of _____ filtered out of blood _____ each day exceeds that which is _____; this excess is returned to the blood via _____
• the capillaries that pick up this excess fluid are called _____, and they differ from blood capillaries because they are _____ that begin _____; they are not open at both ends
• they conduct the excess fluid called _____ toward _____; as they do this, several of them join to form an _____
• -_____ contain folds that form _____, which allow for flow of lymph in one direction, _____ veins
• afferent lymphatic vessels convey lymph to _____, which function in filtering the lymph
• -each node has a _____ and _____ through which lymph filters
• leaving the lymph node are several _____ that also contain valves; they pass the lymph to the _____
• -the _____ drains the right half of the head, neck, chest, and right upper limb
• -the _____ drains the rest of the body. all of the lymph _____ to the diaphragm collects in _____ which flows _____ forming the _____. as the thoracic duct continues to flow through the thorax it collects lymph from the _____ half of the head, neck, chest and left upper limb
• -both ducts end in their respective _____ or its nearby _____
• lymph nodes are prevalent in the following regions:
• -_____
• -_____
• -_____

Answer 1

fluid
capillaries 
reabsorbed 
lymphatics 
lymphatic capillaries 
endothelial tubes
blindly 
lymph
veins
afferent lymphatic vessel
afferent lymphatic vessels 
valves
towards
lymph nodes
cortex
medulla
efferent lymphatic vessels 
venous system 
right lymphatic duct 
thoracic duct 
inferior 
cisterna chyli
superiorly 
thoracic duct 
left
brachiocephalic veins tributaries 
inguinal 
axilla
neck