Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______
Lymphatic System Clinical Questions
Answer the questions by providing enough detail to receive full credit
1.)A mother takes her son to the doctor and describes the following symptoms that she has observed. The child is running a fever, has flu-like symptoms, and his lymph glands are very swollen and sore to the touch. Of what significance are the swollen and sore lymph glands?
2.)A woman had a mastectomy that included the removal of axillary lymph nodes on her left side. What can she expect regarding her left arm and why?
3.)A man involved in a traffic accident is rushed to the emergency room of a hospital with severe internal bleeding. Examination reveals a ruptured spleen. What is the treatment of choice and what is the likely long-term outcome (prognosis)?
4.)While passing through a village on safari you notice a man with one enormous leg and one normal-sized leg. What could have caused the increased size of the swollen leg?
Short Answer Questions:
5.)A clear fluid that resembles plasma is known as _____.
6.)The thoracic duct is dumped into the (right/left) subclavian.
7.)The ______duct drains ¾ of the body's lymph. The other ¼ is drained by the ______.
8.)True or False: once the fluid from the right side of the body is dumped into the right subclavian vein, it is no longer lymph fluid, it is blood
9.)These cells inside a lymph node eat the bad stuff filtering through the lymph node. ______
10.)Besides filtering and cleaning the blood, list three other functions for which the spleen is responsible
Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______
Lymphatic System Clinical Questions
Answer the questions by providing enough detail to receive full credit
1.)A mother takes her son to the doctor and describes the following symptoms that she has observed. The child is running a fever, has flu-like symptoms, and his lymph glands are very swollen and sore to the touch. Of what significance are the swollen and sore lymph glands?
2.)A woman had a mastectomy that included the removal of axillary lymph nodes on her left side. What can she expect regarding her left arm and why?
3.)A man involved in a traffic accident is rushed to the emergency room of a hospital with severe internal bleeding. Examination reveals a ruptured spleen. What is the treatment of choice and what is the likely long-term outcome (prognosis)?
4.)While passing through a village on safari you notice a man with one enormous leg and one normal-sized leg. What could have caused the increased size of the swollen leg?
Short Answer Questions:
5.)A clear fluid that resembles plasma is known as _____.
6.)The thoracic duct is dumped into the (right/left) subclavian.
7.)The ______duct drains ¾ of the body's lymph. The other ¼ is drained by the ______.
8.)True or False: once the fluid from the right side of the body is dumped into the right subclavian vein, it is no longer lymph fluid, it is blood
9.)These cells inside a lymph node eat the bad stuff filtering through the lymph node. ______
10.)Besides filtering and cleaning the blood, list three other functions for which the spleen is responsible