HELLO CLASS

THE LYMPHATIC
AND
IMMUNE SYSTEMS
Part 1

THE LYMPHATIC
SYSTEM

1.Functions.
2.Structure.
3.Pathology and Diagnostic.
• Food is digested in the small intestine, which is lined with small fingerlike projections

known as villi.
• Absorb fats that cannot be transported by the

bloodstream.

• Dietary fats  the cells of the lacteals.

• The lymphatic vessels then return them to the

venous circulation  throughout the body as

nutrients.
• This fluid delivers nutrients, oxygen, and

hormones to the cells.

• About 90% of this fluid returns to the

bloodstream.
• Lymph (limf) is made up of the remaining 10% of the returning interstitial fluid.
Part 2

THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

1.Functions.
2.Pathology and Diagnostic.
3.Treatment.
THE ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTION
IMMUNOGLOBULINS
Phagocytes
Part 3

PATHOLOGY OF THE LYMPHATIC

AND IMMUNE SYSTEM
 (lim-fad-eh-NIGH-tis)

Lymphadenitis

• Lymphaden means lymph node

• -itis means inflammation

 Lymphadenitis: Is an inflammation of the lymph nodes.

 (lim-fad-eh-NOP-ah-thee)

Lymphadenopathy

• Lymphaden/o means lymph node

• -pathy means disease.

 Lymphadenopathy: Disease process affecting a

lymph node or nodes.

 (lim-fan-jee-OH-mah)

Lymphangioma
• Lymph means lymph

• angi means lymph vessel

• -oma means tumor.

 Lymphangioma: benign tumor formed by an

abnormal collection of lymphatic vessels.

 (lim-feh-DEE-mah)

Lymphedema

• Lymph means lymph

• -edema means swelling

 Lymphedema is swelling of the tissues due to an

abnormal accumulation of lymph fluid within the tissues.

Rheumatoid arthritis
Myasthenia gravis
Pernicious anemia
Crohn’s disease
Multiple sclerosis
Scleroderma
Graves’ disease
 Part 4

ONCOLY
of tumors

and cancer
Tumor
 (an-jee-oh-JEN-eh-sis)

Angiogenesis

• Angi/o means vessel

• -genesis means reproduction

 Angiogenesis is the process through which a tumor supports its growth by creating

its own blood supply.

 (an-tih-an-jee-oh-JEN-eh-sis)

Antiangiogenesis

• Anti- means against

• angi/o means vessel, and

• -genesis means reproduction

 Antiangiogenesis: is a form of treatment that disrupts the blood supply to the tumor.
Cancer
Carcinoma vs Sarcoma
Breast cancer types and relatives incidence
Ductal carcinoma in situ

• Earliest stage before the

cancer has broken

through the wall of the

milk duct.

• At this stage, the cure

rate is nearly 100%.

Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

• Starts in the milk duct

• Breaks through the wall of that duct

• Invades the fatty breast tissue.

• This form of cancer accounts for

the majority of all breast cancers.

Infiltrating lobular carcinoma

• Starts in the milk glands (lobules)

• Breaks through the wall of the gland

• Invades the fatty tissue of the breast.

 Inflammatory breast cancer

• Symptoms:

o Pain

• A rare but aggressive o Increase in the

breast size
• Grows rapidly
o Redness or a rash

o Swelling of nearby

lymph nodes.
Male breast cancer
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