Lymphatic System by Ben, Serena and Daniel

1. Lymphatic System

2. 
 The history of the Lymphatic System
 How it works
 How we can care for it
What problems may develop
 What may happen in the future
Introduction

3. 
 Thomas Bartholin discovered
the Lymphatic System in 1652.
 Studied Anatomy animal
bodies
 Head of a medical
school until 1661, died in
1680.
History

4. 
 It sends lymph around the body
through vessels
Lymph is colourless and contains white
blood cells
 3 lots of nodes, your spleen, cisterna
chyli drains fluid, tonsil, thymus-white
blood cells into T-cells, Thoracic Duct
(largest vessel)
What Is It

5. 
 Lymph Node
 Makes lymph
 Send it through lymph vessels.
 Fights infections and diseases
along the way.

How It Works

6. 

7. 
 Activities that get you breathing deeply:
Meditation or Yoga
 Move around a lot each day to get your
muscles moving.
 Eat healthy foods will produce healthy
arterial blood vessels
Care

8. 
 We could not make white blood cells
that protect our body.
 You would die as soon as you got
something as mild as a cold.
What Would Happen If
We Didn’t Have It

9. 
 Lymphoma develops in the lymphoid tissue.
Lymphoma is a type of cancer that can be one of
two different types.
Non-Hodgkin and Hodgkin Lymphoma.
 Almost 90% have non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
 With Hodgkin Lymphoma your system has
Reed-Sternberg cells.
 Symptoms: Swelling, fevers, unexplained
weight loss, sweating, chills or lack of energy
What problem may
develop?

10. 
 Chemotherapy is the use of drugs to
stop Lymphoma spreading.
 Radiation therapy is also used to
control cancer cells.
 Most people live a normal life after the
treatment.
Lymphoma Treatment

11. 
 Doctors are still trying to find a 100%
safe cure for lymphoma.
Future

12.  10:14 AM
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Endocrine_System
Colliers Encyclopedia Art Nouveau to Beetle page 643
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