2006-06-05 15:23:47 · 5 answers · asked by geniusflightnurse 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The lymphatic system is a circulatory system that uses the large muscles (those that move your body) to pump white cells - lymphocytes, macrophages, PMNs, etc - around to fight disease. These move through lymph ducts, nodes, and selected lymphatic organs (thymus, bone marrow, etc).
What you normally think of as the circulatory system consists of the heart as the pump, arteries, capillaries, veins. It has red cells for oxygen transport but also white cells for fighting disease.
The bone marrow is the factory that produces all of the prototypes of these cells.
2006-06-06 09:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by NeoArt 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The lymphatic system is a component of the immune system, so there are commen elements between the two. The lymphatic system consists of the lymph, lymph nodes, and the lymphatic capillaries. The immune system includes the lymphatic system as well as other immune components such as, and not limited to, the spleen, thymus, and bone marrow.
2006-06-06 03:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by CuriousJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lymph nodes and lymphocytes are nothing but immunological system....they produce different types of antibodies and protect the body from antigens.
2006-06-06 02:08:33 · answer #3 · answered by simple_girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-06-06 18:16:15 · answer #4 · answered by shrikant v 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aren't they the same except for some lipo-proteins?
2006-06-06 01:07:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋