How are collecting lymphatic vessels different from veins?

Paula's grandfather is diagnosed as having lung cancer. His physician takes biopsies of several lymph nodes from neighboring regions of the body, and Paula wonders why, since his cancer is in the lungs. What would you tell her?

Mrs. Jackson, a 59-year-old woman, has undergone a left radical mastectomy (removal of the left breast and left axillary lymph nodes and vessels). Her left arm is severely swollen and painful, and she is unable to raise it to more than shoulder height.a. Explain her signs and symptoms.b. Can she expect to have relief from these symptoms in time? How so?

Entry of lymph into the lymphatic capillaries is promoted by which of the following?a. one-way minivalves formed by overlapping endothelial cells,b. the respiratory pump,c. the skeletal muscle pump,d. greater fluid pressure in the interstitial space.

Blood plasma and lymph are identical except for their respective locations in the body.

Which of the following lymphatic trunks is unpaired?

Compare and contrast blood, interstitial fluid, and lymph.