Lymphatic Capillaries

• Lymphatic Capillaries: tiny vessels found in the tissues of most body organs.
• Lymphatic capillaries: transport and filter lymph from body cells and tissues.
• Lymphatic capillaries have GREATER PERMEABILITY than BLOOD CAPILLARIES.
• Lymphatic capillaries can absorb LARGE MOLECULES such as LIPIDS and PROTEINS.
• What do you call the specialized lymphatic capillaries in the small intestine?

  Lacteals
• Lacteals: carry dietary lipids into the lymphatic vessels and ultimately into the blood.
• The presence of the lipids in the lacteals causes the lymph plasma draining from the small intestine to appear CREAMY WHITE called CHYLE.
• Chyle: lipids in the lacteals of the small intestine.
• What type of way structure does the lymphatic capillaries have?

  one-way structure
• The one-way structure of lymphatic capillaries allows to flow into them but not out.