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Lymphatic System and Functions And they include the paired lumbar

which are going to drain the lymph


The lymphatic system returns the from our lower limbs, walls of the
fluids leaked from blood vessels back viscera of the pelvis, the kidneys, the
to the blood. Consists of 3 parts: adrenal gland, and the abdominal
wall.
Lymphatics – a network pf
lymphatic vessels. The paired bronchomediastinal
Lymph – fluid inside the lymphatic which are going to drain the lymph
vessels. from the thoracic wall, the lungs,
Lymph nodes – serves to clean the and the heart.
fluid in the lymph.
The paired sabclavian which are
Interstitial fluid is that going to drain lymph from the
extracellular fluid formed when upper limbs.
components of our blood plasma
leak out of our blood capillaries. The paired jugular trunks which
are going to join lymph from the
The lymphatic vessels themselves head and the neck.
are an elaborate network of
drainage vessels. The single intestinal trunk which
is going to drain lymph from our
They circulate about three liters of stomach, intestines, pancreas,
interstitial fluid in a day. spleen, and parts of the liver.

Our lymphatic vessels are going to The right lymphatic duct, which is
offer a one way system, ensuring going to drain the right upper
that the lymph is going to flow in arm and the right side of the head
only one direction and that is and the thorax.
toward the heart.
The thoracic duct, which drains the
In our GI tract in the digestive entire rest of the body.
system, we have a specialized lymph
called Lacteal. These lymph In some individuals, we also have
capillaries are going to absorb this enlarged sac in the abdominal
digested fats and deliver fatty area known as Cysterna chyli. This
lymph or chyle to the blood. is where the thoracic duct is going
to actually start.
These vessels consist of: collecting
vessels, trunks, and ducts.
Each of these ducts are going to
empty the lymph into our venous
The collecting vessels in our skin circulation at the junction of the
are going to travel with our internal jugular, and subclavian
superficial veins, while the deeper veins on each side of the body.
vessels will usually travel with
the arteries.

So these larger vessels, also known


as lymphatic trunks, are formed by
the union of the largest collecting
vessels, and they're going to drain
large areas of the body.

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