A lymph heart is an organ which pumps lymph in lungfishes, amphibians, reptiles, and flightless birds back into the circulatory system. In some amphibian...
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Lymph (from Latin lympha 'water') is the fluid that flows through the lymphatic system, a system composed of lymph vessels (channels) and intervening lymph...
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Lymphatic system (redirect from Lymph system)
vessels, lymph nodes, lymphoid organs, lymphatic tissue and lymph. Lymph is a clear fluid carried by the lymphatic vessels back to the heart for re-circulation...
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Edema (redirect from Oedema due to heart failure)
inhibitors such as ibuprofen or indomethacin may be due to inhibition of lymph heart action. Foot two weeks post-surgery. The distal phalanx of the right...
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encourage the natural drainage of the lymph, which carries waste products away from the tissues back toward the heart. The lymph system depends on intrinsic contractions...
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in which the palatoquadrate bone fuses to the cranium, and the lymph pumping "lymph heart" (later lost in mammals and flying birds), are unique to this...
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Kawasaki disease (redirect from Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome)
Kawasaki disease (also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome) is a syndrome of unknown cause that results in a fever and mainly affects children...
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Thoracic duct (redirect from Thoracic lymph duct)
chyle, a liquid containing both lymph and emulsified fats, rather than pure lymph. It also collects most of the lymph in the body other than from the...
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Circulatory system (redirect from Three chambered heart)
lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, organs, tissues and circulating lymph. This subsystem is an open system. A major function is to carry the lymph, draining and...
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namely the heart and its vessels, the esophagus, the trachea, the vagus, phrenic and cardiac nerves, the thoracic duct, the thymus and the lymph nodes of...
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The flow of lymph from the legs towards the heart is the result of the calf pump– during walking the calf muscle contracts, squeezing lymph out of the...
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histiocytes in lymph nodes or other locations including the skin, sinuses, brain and heart. Individuals with the disorder often present with enlarged lymph nodes...
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multinucleated Reed–Sternberg cells (RS cells) are present in the patient's lymph nodes. The condition was named after the English physician Thomas Hodgkin...
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contact with lymph are known as lymphatic endothelial cells. Vascular endothelial cells line the entire circulatory system, from the heart to the smallest...
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blood cells by way of blood and lymph node circulation. These monocytes, upon moving to injured tissue (such as the heart after myocardial infarction),...
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The tracheobronchial lymph nodes are lymph nodes that are located around the division of trachea and main bronchi. These lymph nodes form four main groups...
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(1913). "The effect of strychnin in cardiectomized frogs with destroyed lymph hearts; a demonstration". Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology...
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Human body (section Heart)
muscle, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels and blood, lymphatic vessels and lymph. The study of the human body includes anatomy, physiology, histology and...
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contains a network of lymphatic vessels that carry a clear fluid called lymph. Enables the body to move using muscles. Collects and processes information...
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Valsalva maneuver has been associated with transient global amnesia. As the lymph nodes may be buried, asking the patient to perform the Valsalva maneuver...
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its way to the heart. The lymph flows through lymph capillaries to lymph nodes where bacteria and tissue debris are removed from the lymph, while various...
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Lymphedema (category Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes)
[citation needed] When lymphatic impairment becomes so great that the collected lymph fluid exceeds the lymphatic system's ability to transport it, an abnormal...
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Liposuction (section Lymph-sparing liposuction)
the lymph system.” This may be referenced either way above, but the technique is the same. This is an anesthesia technique recommended for lymph-sparing...
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Sarcoidosis (section Heart)
disease usually begins in the lungs, skin, or lymph nodes. Less commonly affected are the eyes, liver, heart, and brain, though any organ can be affected...
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system: structures involved in the transfer of lymph between tissues and the blood stream, the lymph and the nodes and vessels that transport it including...
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The signs and symptoms of Kikuchi disease are fever, enlargement of the lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy), skin rashes, and headache. In sixty to ninety percent...
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The bronchomediastinal lymph trunks are essential components of the human lymphatic system, tasked with draining lymph from the tracheobronchial, internal...
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Swollen lymph nodes above the collarbone can indicate a tumor that has spread within the chest. Tumors obstructing bloodflow to the heart can cause...
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Common symptoms include fever, sore throat, red tonsils, and enlarged lymph nodes in the front of the neck. A headache and nausea or vomiting may also...
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Extramedullary hematopoiesis (section Lymph nodes)
localizations are in the spleen, liver, and lymph nodes. Other manifestations occur in the thymus, heart, breast, prostate, broad ligaments, kidneys,...
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