Lympathic System Lymph
Lymph – The fluid in between cells of the body. It travels the body not inside a closed system but by the influence of other systems. Muscles contract and fluid moves. Defined as a specialized fluid formed in the tissue spaces and transported by lymphatic vessels. There are five major parts of the body that make up the lymphatic system they are the spleen, which is the largest of the lymphatic organs of the body. The lymph nodes and the lymph fluid itself, and last but not least lymphatic vessels for collection. The thymus is the both an internal organ part of the lymphatic system. At infancy the thymus it is very large and as we grow into adulthood this organ gets smaller. Lymph typically moves in one direction, lymph reaches two points where the flow terminates in the body they are the right lymphatic duct and the thoracic duct.
The largest of the two terminals where lymph flow terminates is the thoracic duct which collects the lymph flow of approximately 3/4 of the body’s lymph drainage. The remaining lymph flows into the right lymphatic duct. Lymph flow is of course one way. There at lymphatic vessels which have a “beaded” appearance caused these valves that assist in maintaining the flow of lymph to the two terminating point in the body. The cisterna chyli is an enlarged pouch-like structure in the lymphatic system which lymph flows into. Lymph nodes are the main filtration structures in the lymph system. Lymph flows in various directions towards lymph nodes where they get put into the lymphatic veins which they has lymph flowing to the largest lymph glands of the body and finally excreted from the body.
