LYMPHATIC

SYSTEM
MS. MYLENE BORJAL
 LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
is a network of organs, vessels and tissues that work together to move a colorless,
watery fluid (lymph) back into your circulatory system (your bloodstream).
• protects you from infection and destroys old or abnormal cells your body doesn’t
need.
 PARTS &
FUNCTION
LYMPH NODES
are bean-shaped glands that monitor and cleanse lymph as
it filters through them.
They clear out damaged cells and cancer cells
SPLEEN
This largest lymphatic organ
filters your blood and removes cells that are old or not
working properly.
SPLEEN
• This largest lymphatic organ
• filters your blood and removes cells th
are old or not working properly.
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FUNCTION
BONE MARROW
this is the soft, spongy tissue in the center of certain
bones, like your hip bone, backbones and breastbone.
THYMUS
It’s where T-cells fully mature. T-cells help your
body fight off invaders.
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FUNCTION

• The smallest tubes are lymphatic

• are tubes that form a complex network
capillaries, which ultimately connect to
throughout your body.
larger tubes that lead to two main ducts
in your upper chest.
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FUNCTION
TONSILS and ADENOIDS.
These structures trap pathogens from the
food you eat and the air you take in.
They’re part of your body’s first line of
defense against invaders. Your tonsils are in
the back of your throat..
 FUNCTIONS
• COLLECTING • HELPING • PROTECTING
EXCESS FLUID YOUR BODY YOUR BODY
FROM YOUR ABSORB AGAINST
BODY’S TISSUES FATS. INVADERS.
AND RETURNING
IT TO YOUR
BLOODSTREAM
 HOW CAN I KEEP MY
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
• Avoid exposure to
HEALTHY?
• Drink plenty of • Keep a healthy
toxic chemicals water to stay lifestyle that
like those in hydrated so lymph includes regular
pesticides or can easily move exercise and a
cleaning products. throughout your nutritious diet.
body.
THANK YOU
FOR TODAY!