. Complete the following paragraph using the below terms. A portion of the lymph

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. Complete the following paragraph using the below terms. A portion of the lymphatic system, called the (1)________ __________ system, consists of many tubes that collect and deliver (2) __________ and solutes from (3)__________ fluid to ducts of the circulatory system. Its main components are (4)________, capillaries and vessels. Tissue fluid that moves into these vessels is called (5)_________. The lymph vascular system serves three functions. First, its vessels are drainage channels for water and (6)____________ proteins that have leaked out from the (7)_________ at capillary beds and must be delivered back to the blood circulation. Second, the system takes up (8) _____ that the body has absorbed from the (9)_______ intestine and delivers them to the general circulation. Third, it delivers (10)________, foreign cells, and cellular debris from tissues to the lymph vascular system

Explanation / Answer

1) g. lymph vascular 2) d. water 3) e. interstitial 4) c. lymph 5) c. lymph 6) h. plasma 7) b. blood 8) a. fats 9) f. small 10) j. pathogens 11) nodes

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