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The lymphatic system

Author: Julie McDowell; Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.
Series: Human body systems (Westport, Conn.); Human body systems (Westport, Conn.)
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Examines the role and function of the human lymphatic system.
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Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Julie McDowell; Michael Windelspecht
ISBN: 0313324948 9780313324949 0313331197 9780313331190
OCLC Number: 56111910
Description: xviii, 172 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents: The chemicals and cells of the lymphatic system -- The lymph system: an examination of the lymph nodes and lymphatic circulation in the body -- Secondary lymphatic organs: an examination of the lymphatic functions of the spleen, tonsils, adenoid, Peyer's patches, and appendix -- The immune response: cell-mediated and antibody-mediated responses -- The development of the lymphatic system -- History of discovery from the ancients to the nineteenth century -- The lymphatic system in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries -- Diseases of the lymphatic system: cancer -- Diseases of the lymphatic system: primary and secondary lymphatic organs -- Allergies and autoimmune responses -- The influence of nutrition on the immune response.
Series Title: Human body systems (Westport, Conn.); Human body systems (Westport, Conn.)
Responsibility: Julie McDowell, and Michael Windelspecht.

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Examines the role and function of the human lymphatic system.

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