Sign in to receive recommendations (Learn more) Lymph is a clear fluid that travels through your body's arteries, circulates through your tissues to cleanse them and keep them firm, and then drains away through the lymphatic system. Lymph nodes are the filters along the lymphatic system. Their job is to filter out and trap bacteria, viruses, cancer cells, and other unwanted substances, and to make sure they are safely eliminated from the body. Axillary lymph nodes Larger Version.
Share. By Regina Bailey. Definition: Mass of genetic material composed of DNA and proteins that condense to form chromosomes during eukaryotic cell division. Chromatin is located in the nucleus of a cell. During prophase of mitosis, chromatin fibers become coiled into chromosomes with each chromosome having two chromatids joined at a centromere.
During cell division, the identical copies (called a  sister chromatid pair ) are joined at the region called the centromere (2). Once the paired sister chromatids have separated from one another (in the anaphase of mitosis) each is known as a daughter chromosome.The short arm of the left chromatid (3), and the long arm of the right chromatid (4), are also marked.A chromatid (Greek khrÅmat- 'color' + -id) is one copy of a newly replicated chromosome, which typically is joined to the other copy by a single centromere.Before replication, one chromosome is composed of one DNA (double-helix) molecule.he short arm of the left chromatid (3), and the long arm of the right chromatid (4), are also marked. A chromatid (Greek khrÅmat- 'color' + -id) is one copy of a newly replicated chromosome, which typically is joined to the other copy by a single centromere.