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- To return to the circulatory system the fluid that leaked out from the capillaries and that wasn't returned to the veins.
- To filter out any bacteria/viruses by leaving them in the lymph nodes, where an immune response is mounted and they're killed.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoTransportation of the lymph is the most important function of the lymphatic vessels of the lymph nodes. The lymph nodes then act as filters to filter out impurities from the blood vessels and produce antibodies.
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∙ 14y agoThe lymphatic system collects and transports tissue fluids from the inter cellular spaces in all the tissues of the body, back to the veins in the blood system.
it plays a role in returning plasma proteins to the bloodstream.
Digested fats are absorbed and then transported from the villi in the small intestine to the bloodstream via the lacteals and lymph vessels.
new lymphocytes are manufactured in the lymph nodes.
antibodies manufactured in the lymph nodes help the body to build up an effective resistance to Infectious Diseases,
lymph nodes also play a major part in the defence mechanism of the body by filtering out micro organisms (such as bacteria) and toxins, etc.
It transports large molecular compounds (such as enzymes and hormones) from their manufactured sites to the bloodstream.
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∙ 9y agoThe two main types of the Lymphatic system are:
1)Maintain homeostasis of body fluids
2)Defend against Antigens
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∙ 16y agoIt filters out organisms and that cause disease, produces certain white blood cells and generates antibodies.
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∙ 12y agoTo transport tissue fluid to the blood vessels, and to protect the body by removing foreign materials such as bacteria from the lymphatic stream.
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∙ 14y agoImmune function.
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