lymph node

What: "Lymph nodes are like tiny organs all over our bodies, smack dab in the middle of lymphatic vessels. These nodes perform these following functions bullet filter the lymph bullet assist bone marrow and the thymus in the production and maturation of lymphocytes bullet assist in getting an immune response going"

Writer: Dawn A. Tamarkin, Ph

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Date: Jun 10 2013 10:44 AM

What: "Lymph nodes are like singles bars for lymphocytes and antigen, providing the perfect location for lymphocytes to be exposed to a wide variety of antigens and to undergo stimulation." A clear discussion of this system is in link."

Writer: Young et al.

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Date: Jun 10 2013 10:48 AM

What: "Your bloodstream is like the oil in your car, and your lymph nodes are like oil filters. Maybe this is a crude comparison (no pun intended), but it helps you understand that your bloodstream, and the glands provided to filter impurities from your blood, operate in much the same manner as the oil in your car."

Writer: Dr. Janet Starr Hull

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Date: Jun 10 2013 10:51 AM

What: "The lymph nodes are like miniature spleens distributed all throughout the body. They store B, T, and other immune cells, and they trap foreign particles and also filter the lymph that passes through them."

Writer: lloricwriter

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Date: Jun 10 2013 10:53 AM

What: "Lymph nodes act like tiny filters in our bodies to help fight off infection. You've got them in several conveniently located places in your body, and the co-located body parts "drain" to their neighboring nodes. If you've got an infection or something equally uggy, the ugginess should get "filtered" through your nodes where it will be combated by all the white blood cells that like to chill there. So your lymph nodes are like MTV Cribs for your white blood cells."

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Date: Jun 10 2013 10:57 AM

What: "The lymph's primary job is to carry protein molecules back to the heart that are too big to fit back into the veins. The fluid is transported through a series of connected vessels flowing to the lymph nodes in the drainage basin of that area (the armpit for the chest and arm). Once in the nodes, the floaty bits get smashed up like a garbage disposal and they are filtered out. The lymph nodes are like having Cookie Monster inside that particularly loves to feast on the nasty bits like bacteria."

Writer: Ms. Lovejoy-Evans

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Date: Jun 10 2013 11:02 AM