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2. Lymph node - Wikipedia

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   In the lymphatic system, a lymph node is a secondary lymphoid organ. [5] Diagram of a lymph node showing lymphocytes. The primary function of lymph nodes is the filtering of lymph to identify and fight infection. In order to do this, lymph nodes contain lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, which includes B cells and T cells.

3. List of lymph nodes of the human body - Wikipedia

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   Lymph nodes of the lungs: The lymph is drained from the lung tissue through subsegmental, segmental, lobar and interlobar lymph nodes to the hilar lymph nodes, which are located around the hilum (the pedicle, which attaches the lung to the mediastinal structures, containing the pulmonary artery, the pulmonary veins, the main bronchus for each side, some vegetative nerves and the lymphatics) of ...

4. Lymphatic system - Wikipedia

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   The lymphatic system, because of its closeness to many tissues of the body, is responsible for carrying cancerous cells between the various parts of the body in a process called metastasis. The intervening lymph nodes can trap the cancer cells. If they are not successful in destroying the cancer cells the nodes may become sites of secondary ...

5. Thoracic lymph nodes - Wikipedia

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   The lymph glands of the thorax may be divided into parietal and visceral — the former being situated in the thoracic wall, the latter in relation to the viscera. References [ edit ]

6. Lymphatic vessel - Wikipedia

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   The efferent lymphatic vessel commences from the lymph sinuses of the medullary portion of the lymph nodes and leave the lymph nodes at the hilum, either to veins or greater nodes. It carries filtered lymph out of the node. Efferent lymphatic vessels are also found in association with the thymus and spleen. This is in contrast to afferent ...

7. Bronchomediastinal lymph trunk - Wikipedia

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   These trunks are formed by the convergence of lymphatic vessels that drain lymph from the heart, lungs, trachea, and pleura, as well as from the internal mammary and anterior mediastinal lymph nodes. [2] The lymphatic vessels merge to form each trunk, which typically drains into the venous system.