Which term is defined as 'Filter lymph and contain immune cells'?

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Which term is defined as 'Filter lymph and contain immune cells'?

Lymph nodes fit this description: they act as filtration points for lymph as it travels through the body and they house immune cells such as lymphocytes and macrophages to respond to pathogens. Lymph vessels mainly transport lymph and do not filter it themselves. Tissue fluid is the fluid surrounding cells and only becomes lymph after entering the lymphatic system, so it isn’t filtered by a specific organ. The spleen filters blood rather than lymph, though it also contains immune cells. So the term defined by this description is lymph nodes.

Lymph nodes fit this description: they act as filtration points for lymph as it travels through the body and they house immune cells such as lymphocytes and macrophages to respond to pathogens. Lymph vessels mainly transport lymph and do not filter it themselves. Tissue fluid is the fluid surrounding cells and only becomes lymph after entering the lymphatic system, so it isn’t filtered by a specific organ. The spleen filters blood rather than lymph, though it also contains immune cells. So the term defined by this description is lymph nodes.

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