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Lymphatic System
The lymphatic system consists of a unique set of vessels separate from the circulatory system that includes a clear lymph. These vessels lack a pump such as a heart and must depend on other means to transport the fluid.
Composition of Lymph
The lymph is clear although it has many components of blood it lacks erythroctyes (RBCs) and thrombocytes (platelets). RBCs) Naturally the red blood cells would cause the lymph to be red similar to blood not clear.
Formation of lymph
The lymph forms when the interstitial fluid escapes from spaces and enters a lymph capillary. The fluid in the interstitial spaces is known as interstitial fluid. When this fluid enters a lymph vessel it is then called lymph. It has the same elements as interstitial fluid the location is the reason for the name change.
Lymph vessels
The smallest of the lymph vessels would be the lymph capillaries. These vessels have one way valves that allow the interstitial fluid to enter the lymph capillaries but not escape.
1-way valve
Lymphatic System
Lymph nodes
Several hundred lymph nodes are scattered throughout the lymphatic system, especially in the groin armpits abdomen and neck.
Thoracic duct
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