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Encyclopedia Britannica



LYMPH

This article appears in Volume V17, Page 162 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LUP-MAL
LYMPH and LYMPH FORMATION. Lying close to the blood-vessels of a limb or organ a further set of vessels may be observed. They are very
pale
  in colour, often almost trans-parent and very thin-walled. Hence they are frequently difficult to find and dissect. These are the lymphatic vessels, and they are found to be returning a fluid from the tissues to the blood-stream. When traced back to the tissues they are seen to divide and ultimately to form minute anastomosing tubules, the lymph capillaries. The capillaries finally terminate in the spaces between the structures of the
tissue
 , but whether their free ends are closed or are in open communication with the
tissue
  spaces is still undecided. The study of their development shows that they grow into the tissue as a closed
system
  of minute tubes, which indicates that in all probability they remain permanently closed. If we trace the lymphatic vessels towards the
thorax
  we find that in some
part
  of their course they terminate in structures known as lymphatic glands. From these again fresh lymphatic vessels arise which carry the fluid towards the main lymph-vessel, the thoracic duct. This runs up the posterior
wall
  of the
thorax
  close to the aorta, and finally opens into the junction of the internal jugular and left subclavian veins. The lymph-vessels from the right side of the head and neck and from the right arm open, however, into the right subclavian vein (see


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