LYMPHATIC
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
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The fluid that removes cellular waste products, pathogens and dead blood cells.
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lymphangi/o
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lymph/o
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splen/o
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myel/o
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Lymph collects some waste products, bacteria and damaged cells from inside the body’s tissues so that they can be removed from the body or destroyed. Lymph drains into lymph vessels that carry it to lymph nodes. Lymph nodes clean the lymph and add more lymphocytes to it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bacteria (or their products) picked up from the tissues by cells called macrophages, or those that flow into the lymph, are forced to percolate through the lymph nodes. There, white blood cells called lymphocytes can attack and kill the bacteria.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lymph is a clear-to-white fluid made of: White blood cells, especially lymphocytes, the cells that attack bacteria in the blood and body tissues.
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