Talk:Lymph node/archive

I heard that jumping exercises like on a trampoline is supposed to be good for the lymph system. Is this true and what exactly does that "jumping" sensation affect the lymph system.

Miguel

--- Just needed to know what the largest mass of lymph node tissue is in the human body?? Can anyone help?

Rachel

ll -have in my vet notes that the last 2 mammary glands (dogs have 5 on each side.. i know i know, peopl only ahve a total of 2) the 4 & 5 th in dogs contain the largest mass of lymph tissue

the spleen has the most lymphatic tissue in it otherwise like ummm...your tonsils and lymph nodes.

I'd love to see a map of the distribution of lymph nodes in the body here. I'm a bit puzzled that there's all this info about the head and neck, and then nothing much else.

--Oolong 10:07, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

the spleen has the most lymphatic tissue....other than like ummm...your actual lymph nodes.

some surgical treatments for breast cancer involve removal of lymph nodes in the axillary region. why might this have a therapeutic effect in some cases?


 * I'm no professional but from my own treatment I think the problem is that cancer can spread quite easily to the lymph nodes and once it's in the lymphatic system is very hard to fight. The current scanning technology isn't really precise enough to allow lymph nodes to be properly evaluated for cancer without their removal, so the procedure is just to remove them anyway and test them later if spread is in any way suspected. And that applies to all cancers that are known to be linked to lymphatic spread.

the figure of the lymph node is incorrect. There is supposed to be only one efferent lymphatic vessel, from the link provided in this very article: http://bioweb.wku.edu/courses/biol328/Lecture4.html Jfmarchini 01:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)