IN the 1908 Christian Herter Lectures at Bellevue Hospital, Starling 1 emphasized the important influence of changes in hepatic interstitial-fluid formation on flow and composition of thoracic-duct ...
• Lymph nodes: Small, bean-shaped structures that filter lymph and store white blood cells that help fight infection and disease. Lymph nodes are found along a network of lymph vessels throughout the ...
Noah was born with a congenital heart condition, called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), in which his aorta and left ventricle were underdeveloped. HLHS impairs blood oxygenation and causes ...