tissue or lymph fluid

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• Lymph vessel — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Lymph capillaries in the tissue spaces. Caption2 = The thoracic duct and right lymphatic duct. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = DorlandsSuf = In anatomy,… …   Wikipedia

• Lymph capillary — Lymph capillaries or lymphatic capillaries are tiny thin walled blood vessels that are closed at one end and are located in the spaces between cells throughout the body, except in the central nervous system, and in non vascular tissues. The main… …   Wikipedia

• Lymph — is the fluid that is formed as the interstitial fluid enters the lymph vessels by filtration. The lymph then travels to at least one lymph node before emptying ultimately into the right or the left subclavian vein, where it mixes back with blood …   Wikipedia

• Lymph — Lymph, n. [L. lympha: cf. F. lymphe.] 1. A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water. [1913 Webster] A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of earthly mixture might distain. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lymph corpuscles — Lymph Lymph, n. [L. lympha: cf. F. lymphe.] 1. A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water. [1913 Webster] A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of earthly mixture might distain. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lymph duct — Lymph Lymph, n. [L. lympha: cf. F. lymphe.] 1. A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water. [1913 Webster] A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of earthly mixture might distain. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Lymph heart — Lymph Lymph, n. [L. lympha: cf. F. lymphe.] 1. A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water. [1913 Webster] A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph serene Nothing of earthly mixture might distain. Trench. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• lymph node — (= lymph gland) Small organ made up of a loose meshwork of reticular tissue in which are enmeshed large numbers of lymphocytes, macrophages, and accessory cells. Recirculating lymphocytes leave the blood through the specialized high endothelial… …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• tissue fluid — n a fluid that permeates the spaces between individual cells, that is in osmotic contact with the blood and lymph, and that serves in interstitial transport of nutrients and waste * * * interstitial f …   Medical dictionary

• lymph — ► NOUN 1) a colourless fluid containing white blood cells, which bathes the tissues and drains through the lymphatic system into the bloodstream. 2) fluid exuding from a sore or inflamed tissue. ORIGIN Latin lympha, limpa water …   English terms dictionary

• lymph — /limf/, n. 1. Anat., Physiol. a clear yellowish, slightly alkaline, coagulable fluid, containing white blood cells in a liquid resembling blood plasma, that is derived from the tissues of the body and conveyed to the bloodstream by the lymphatic… …   Universalium