THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

FORMATION AND COMPOSITION

OF INTERSTITIAL FLUID
Interstitial Fluid

• Fluid that surrounds the body cell

• Seeps out of from the blood through the
walls of capillaries (mainly at their high-
pressure ends, after they have branched
from arterioles)
• Through this fluid the exchange of materials
between blood capillaries and cell occurs
(Example : ?)
• Later the fluid will re-enter the capillaries at
the venous end (How?)
Interstitial Fluid(2)

• 85% of the fluid that leaves the blood at the

arterial end re-enters at the venous end.
• This must be done to maintain the normal
blood volume
• What happens to the other 15% that still
remains?
 Collect excess interstitial
Lymphatic fluid from the spaces
System between the cells and
Structure return it to the circulatory
system
Blind ended
Lymph tubes or
capillaries Collect lymph closed at one
Function
end
Unite to
form Thoraci Right Left
c duct arm, subclav
Lymphatic shoulder ian vein
vessels Receive
lymph area, Empties
At right side
intervals from lymph into
of head
has and neck
Right Left of Right
lymphat head, subclav
ic duct neck, ian vein
Receive chest, left Empties
lymph upper lymph into
from limb,
entire
body
Function Produce and belowTo ribs Helps defend
Lymph nodes stores body against
lymphocyte. infection.