Lymphatic System

• Functions

  Collects + Removes tissue fluid

  Removed and filters waste from blood

  Helps fight disease and infection
• What is lymph composed of

  95% water

  Plasma Protiens
• Lymph Capillaries 


  Collect waste materials from tissue spaces
• Lymph Vessels


  Run along side veins

  No pump so relay on muscle contraction
• Lymph Nodes

  All over body

  Act as a filter to deal with infection
• Lymphatic Ducts


  Once cleaned, leaves the node and empties into two main ducts

  - Thoracic Duct

  • Right Lymphatic Duct
• Thoracic Duct


  Drains from legs pelvic abomen
• Right Lymphatic Duct


  Drains from right side of head upper body into right subclavian vien
• Where are lymph nodes generally found?

  Where infection could pass from one part of the body to another
• Pathologies

  Allergies

  Fever

  HIV

  Oedema

  Swollen Glands