Module 3:

Lymphatic System

This module concentrates on the structure and function of the lymphatic system and its connections to the immune response. This module is expected to take 1-2 hours of class time.

Summary

VCE Biology(2017-2021)

Unit 3, Area of Study 2, Outcome 2, VCE Biology Study Design

Key knowledge:

Responding to antigens

the role of the lymphatic system in the immune response including the role of secondary lymphoid tissue (with reference to lymph nodes) as the site of antigen recognition by lymphocytes, and as a transport system for antigen presenting cells including dendritic cells

Duration

1-2 hours

Student learning outcomes

Upon completion of this module students will:

list the organs that make up the lymphatic system
describe how the lymphatic system operates as a transport and filtering system.

Teacher background information

Resources

Video

The Lymphatic System Crash Course A&P #44 (9:19)

This video is a great overview of the lymphatic system.

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Lymph nodes (1:46)

A short detailed description of the Lymphatic System.

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Web page

Understanding the lymphatic system

Gives a detailed overview of the Lymphatic System including details of disease states within the lymphatic system.

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Web page (Interactive)

Immune and lymphatic systems

This website shows and explains how the immune and lymphatic systems are connected.

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Teaching sequence

Activities

Online Labelling Exercise

This is a series of labelling exercises relating to the lymphatic system

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Online Quiz

This is a 10 multiple-choice question quiz published by Fun Trivia

Explanations of answers are given once the quiz has been submitted.

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Contributors

Thanks to the following for contributing to the development of these sequences:

Rebecca Heasman is a Transfusion Medicine Scientist. Her current position is Project Officer, Transfusion Research Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. She previously worked as a Senior Blood Bank Scientist, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.

Mrs Helen Haysom has an extensive background working as a transfusion medicine scientist in major teaching hospitals in Melbourne and the ARCBS. She is a member of the Transfusion Science Standing committee of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Blood Transfusion (ANZSBT) and her immediate past role was Senior Scientist at the blood transfusion laboratory at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.

Helen is currently the Project Officer on the Massive Transfusion Registry, the Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopaenia Registry and the TRUe cost of Transfusion in Thalassaemia Study where she is bringing her enthusiasm for all things blood transfusion to the Transfusion Research Unit at Monash University. Full profile

Dr. Peta White Lecturer in Science and Environmental Education at Deakin University (Education Academic and Project Coordinator)

Special thanks to Ian Bentley and Mary Vamvakas