What is Lymph System? – Written by Dr harold Gunatillake-FRCS, MBBS, FICS, FIACS, AM(Sing)-Health writer   Just like there are arteries and veins to circulate blood carrying nutrients, other metabolites and waste material to and from the tissues and organs there is another system called the lymph system which is filled with watery milkish fluid called lymph carrying nutrients and waste material between the body tissues and the bloodstream? You could compare the two transport systems like the road and railway systems, respectively. The lymph system is composed of very tiny thread-like meshwork of vessels under the skin (subcutaneously) and deep in relation to the blood vessels, mainly accompanying the veins. Like the railway system there are stations joining this system called nodes, commonly found in the neck, armpit and the groin. These nodes are bean shaped organs and are part of your body’s defensive barrier – the immune system. There ...

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