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AH I Unit 9: Circulatory and Lymphatic Systems
Lymphatic System
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| lymph | thin, watery liquid |
| lymph nodes | filter carbon, cancer cells, dead blood cells, and pathogens |
| tonsils, spleen, and thymus | 3 areas of lymph tissue |
| lymph nodes and spleen | these structures produce WBCs and antibodies |
| one way, toward heart | direction that lymph moves |
| contractions of skeletal muscles | What causes lymph to move? |
| spleen | stores a pint of blood and destroys old blood cells |
| thymus | atrophies during puberty |
| lingual | tonsils located under tongue |
| pharyngeal | also called adenoids, these tonsils are in the nasopharynx |
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