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Lymphatic System (Medical Entrance)

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What are the lymphatic vessels arising in the intestinal villi called?

  1. Cisterna chyli

  2. Lacteals

  3. Lymphatics

  4. Lymph nodes


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Lacteals are the lymphatic vessels arising in the intestinal villi.

_____________ are the smallest blood vessels.

  1. Veins

  2. Arteries

  3. Capillaries

  4. Venules


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Capillaries are the smallest vessels; in fact they are microscopic vessels which are in close contact of the body tissue.

Which of the following best describes diapedesis?

  1. Exchange of gases, nutrients, secretions and waste materials from heart

  2. Phenomenon of squeezing out lymphocytes

  3. Carrying blood towards heart

  4. Carrying blood away from heart


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The phenomenon of squeezing out lymphocytes from capillaries is known as diapedesis.

Which artery supplies blood to heart wall?

  1. Innominate

  2. Coronary

  3. Renal arteries

  4. Coelic artery


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

It supplies blood to the heart wall.

Which artery supplies blood to diaphragm?

  1. Coelic

  2. Phrenic

  3. Coronary

  4. Renal


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Phrenic artery supplies blood to diaphragm.

Which of the following is correct about pulmonary circulation?

  1. It is leakage of blood into lungs from the heart.

  2. It is exchange of gases in lungs.

  3. It is circulation of blood between heart and lungs.

  4. It is circulation of blood between heart and different body parts.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Circulation of blood between heart and lungs is called pulmonary circulation.

Which of the following arteries supplies/supply blood to duodenal wall, pancreas and walls of small intestine?

  1. Phrenic arteries

  2. Mesentric arteries

  3. Coelic artery

  4. Intercostal artery


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Mesenteric arteries supply blood to the small intestine, duodenal wall and pancreas.

Which of the following best describes lymph?

  1. Tissue fluid that enters into lymph capillaries

  2. Edema at the site of injury

  3. The fluid part of blood

  4. Fluid which flows out of capillaries


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tissue fluid that enters into the lymph capillaries is called lymph.

What are the red pulp cords of the spleen called?

  1. Malpighian corpuscles

  2. Cords of Billroth

  3. Peritoneum

  4. Lacteals


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Cords of Billroth (also known as splenic cords or red pulp cords) are found in the red pulp of the spleen between the sinusoids.

Tonsils and adenoids are

  1. endocrine glands

  2. exocrine glands

  3. masses of lymphatic fluid

  4. vestigial organs


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Tonsils and adenoids are masses of lymphatic fluids, which often become inflamed in throat infection.

Which of the following is the largest lymphatic organ?

  1. Lymph node

  2. Spleen

  3. Lymph vessel

  4. Heart


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Spleen is the largest lymphatic organ.

Which is the longest vein in the body?

  1. Anterior intercostal vein

  2. Inferior vena cava

  3. Gastric vein

  4. Left internal liliac vein


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The inferior vena cava (or IVC), also known as the posterior vena cava is the large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower half of the body into the heart. They are the longest vein.

Which of the following best descibes cisterna chyli?

  1. An oval-shaped organ of the lymphatic system, distributed widely throughout the body including the armpit and stomach and linked by lymphatic vessels

  2. It is a dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which lymph from the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks flow.

  3. Largest lymphatic organ of the body

  4. Outer membrane of spleen


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Cisterna chyli is a dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct into which lymph from the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks flow. It receives fatty chyle from the intestines and thus, acts as a conduit for the lipid products of digestion. It is the most common drainage trunk of most of the body's lymphatics.

What is/are the function(s) of lymph?

  1. They possess lymphocytes.

  2. They protect the body from various diseases.

  3. They equalise the body temperature.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is correct. It possesses lymphocytes. It protects the body from various diseases. It equalises the body temperature.

Which organ is known as blood bank of the human body?

  1. Lung

  2. Spleen

  3. Heart

  4. Liver


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Spleen is called the blood bank because it acts as a reservoir of blood and whenever there is a blood loss, it releases the reserve blood into the circulation.

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