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प्रश्न
What is lymphatic system? What are its function?
उत्तर
Lymphatic system is a network of organs, lymph nodes, lymph ducts and lymph vessels in the human body that make and move the lymph from tissues to the bloodstream.
Following are the functions of the lymphatic system:
- It collects and transports tissue fluid from the intercellular spaces in all the tissues, back to the veins in the blood stream.
- Lymph nodes play an important role in the defence mechanism of the body by killing the germs with the help of lymphocytes present in the lymph nodes and by making antibodies.
- They transport larger compounds like enzymes and hormones from their manufactured sites to the bloodstream.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The extracellular fluid which always flows from body tissues to the heart is called ______________.
Differentiate between Blood and the lymph.
The diagram below shows part of the capillary bed in an organ of the human body. Some of the blood arriving at the capillaries at points labeled A, moves out into the spaces between the tissue cells. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow:
State two important functions performed in our body by the fluid present in vessel X.
Write a short note on Tissue Fluid.
Lymph is present in the
Which one of the following is correct?
Lymph glands or lymph nodes help to ______.
Lymph can be defined as ______.
Explain the functional significance of lymphatic system?
Name the following:
Part of lymphatic system concerned with absorption of fats from the intestine.
