Lymphatic system
laterally and upward to the pectoral nodes, supraclavicular, infraclavicular nodes
75% of the lymph in the breast will drain to which location?
interstitial fluid drained into lymphatic capillaries
Define Lymph
filter lymph
Define Lymph nodes
lymphatics conducting lymph into a cluster of lymph nodes
Define afferent lymphatics
lymphatics draining lymph from the lymph nodes
Define efferent lymphatics
larger lymphatic vessels that conduct lymph away from a tissue, drain lymph
Define the Lymphatics
jugular trunk
Efferent channels of the deep cervical nodes come together to form what structure?
para-aortic
Most of the fundus and body of the uterus will drain into what type of nodes?
Hydrostatic pressure
Normally, at the arterial end of a capillary bed, which pressure is higher? osmotic or hydrostatic?
osmotic pressure
Normally, at the venous end of a capillary bed, which pressure is higher? osmotic or hydrostatic?
Superficial nodes and the deep structures of the lower limb
The deep inguinal nodes receive lymph from what structures?
external iliac nodes
The efferent vessels from the deep inguinal nodes ascent through the femoral canal and drain into what structure?
right side of head and neck, right upper limb, right side of thorax, and right lung
The right lymphatic duct drains what structures?
internal, external, and common iliac nodes
The lower body and cervix will drain into what type of nodes?
internal jugular vein and the subclavian vein
The lymph reaches the bloodstream at which junction?
Ant/Post surfaces of the trunk below the umbilicus, perineum, lower half of anal canal, the vagina, and all of the external genitalia of both sexes expect the testes, and the superficial lymph vessels of the lower limb
The superficial inguinal nodes receive lymph from what structures?
para-aortic nodes
The testes and ovaries will drain into what type of nodes?
Everything not covered by the right lymphatic duct
The thoracic duct drains what structures?
False
True/False. 100% of the fluid leaked into the lymphatic system come back to the blood.
False
True/False. The Lymphatic system is a closed-ended system.
right jugular, right subclavian, right bronchomediastinal trunk
What 3 structures empty into the right lymphatic duct?
left jugular, left subclavian, and left bronchomediastinal trunk
What 3 structures empty into the thoracic duct?
brachial, subscapular, pectoral, central, apical
What are the 5 groups of axillary lymph nodes?
heart, lungs, pleura, bronchi, and trachea
What are the deep structures of the thorax, that are drained by the bronchomediastinal lymph nodes?
deep cervical nodes
What are the final nodes draining the head and neck?
kidneys, suprarenal glands, gonads
What do the Para-Aortic nodes drain?
foregut
What do the celiac nodes drain?
hindgut
What do the inferior mesenteric nodes drain?
midgut
What do the superior mesenteric nodes drain?
efferent channels from the celiac nodes, superior mesenteric nodes, and inferior mesenteric nodes
What forms the intestinal trunk?
the upper nodes in the para-aortic nodes
What gives rise to the lumbar trunks?
apical group
What group of axillary lymph nodes receive's lymph from the efferent vessels from all of the other axillary nodes?
Central group
What group of axillary lymph nodes receive's lymph from the from the pectoral group, subscapular group, and the brachial group?
brachial group
What group of axillary lymph nodes receive's lymph from the most of the upper limb?
Subscapular group
What group of axillary lymph nodes receive's lymph from the scapular region and the upper back?
pectoral group
What group of axillary lymph nodes receive's lymph from the thoracic wall and anterior abdominal wall
Para-Aortic nodes
What group of nodes will receive efferents from the common iliac nodes?
to return excess fluid back to the blood
What is the primary function of the lymphatic system?
celiac nodes, superior mesenteric nodes, and inferior mesenteric nodes
What makes up the Pre-Aortic nodes?
2 lumbar trunks and intestinal trunk
What structures give rise to the cysterna chyli?
in the abdomen, as a dilated sac called the cysterna chyli
Where does the thoracic duct begin at?
right lymphatic duct and the thoracic duct
Which lymphatics take the lymph to the blood?
