a type of leukocytes

In the Lymphtic Tissue in the nodes

Lymphatic Ducts --> Bloodstream

Right Duct--> Right Subclavian Vein

Thoracic Duct--> Left Subclavian Vein

Palatine Tonsils

Pharyngeal Tonsils

Lingual Tonsils

Adenoids

Located in the nasopharynx(the pper part of the throat)

"glands"

Filter the lymph and remove the impurities such as carbon, cancer cells, pathogens, and dead blood cells

Produce White Blood Cells and Antibodies

Spleen

Produces leukocytes and antibodies, destroys old erythrocytes, stores erythrocytes to realease into the blood stream if excessive bleeding occurs,

destroys thrombocytes and filters metabolics and wastes from the body tissues.

atrophies after puberty

replaced by fat and connective tissue

Early life: produces antibodies and manufactures lymphocytes to fight infection

Lymph nodes take the place of the Thymus

Lymphoma

Hodgkins Disease

Chronic

Malignant conditon

Enlargement of lymph nodes