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You have about 500 lymph nodes are there in your body. There are about 300 lymph nodes in your neck region only. It is not possible to remove them all. When you remove few lymph nodes, it does not affect your health adversely.
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What are the lymph nodes in the groin called?
lymph glands
Bacteria and dead cell are removed from circulatory fluid in the?
Lymphatic system, especially in the nodes (lymph glands)
Within which structures in humans are bacteria and dead cells removed from lymph?
Lymph Nodes
Why cant you draw blood from the same side as a mastectomy?
Lymph nodes also removed with mastectomy so excedd lymph fluid can build up and cause infection
What is the small filtering structures to which afferent lymph vessels carry lymph?
Lymph nodes
Lymph nodes that drain the head and the neck area?
Anterior and posterior cervical lymph nodes.
Is the statement In a radical neck dissection the tumor and surrounding musculature are removed but cervical lymph nodes are left intact true or false?
Cervical lymph nodes are removed in a radical neck dissection.
What type of Lymph nodes are located along the sides of the neck?
The group of lymph nodes that are located along the sides of the neck are the Cervical Lymph Nodes. There are four that run along side of the neck.
Where are the jugulodigastric lymph nodes located?
The jugulodigastric lymph nodes are located in the neck close to the cervical nodes.
What are the lymph nodes in the groin called?
lymph glands
What lymph nodes are located in the groin?
inguinal
When doing a lumpectomy are the sentinel lymph nodes also removed along with the axillary lymph nodes?
Typically, the sentinel nodes are axillary nodes. If you are having the axillary nodes removed, the sentinal nodes will also be removed.
What are small oval structures that occur in clusters along the paths of the lymph vessels?
The small oval structures that cluster along the lymph vessels are called lymph nodes. The nodes that can be palpated are the cervical, axillary and inguinal nodes.
Bacteria and dead cell are removed from circulatory fluid in the?
Lymphatic system, especially in the nodes (lymph glands)
Can lymph nodes be removed?
yes
How are harmful organism removed from your lymph?
the spleen and the lymph nodes
What is the primary concentration of lymph nodes?
the primary concentration is in the cervical spine
