What is lymph? Function?

Meaning

• Lymph is another fluid involved in transportation.
• Some amount of plasma, proteins and blood cells escape into the intercellular spaces in the tissues to form lymph or tissue fluid.
• Lymph is similar to blood plasma but colorless and contains less protein.
• Lymph drains into lymphatic capillaries which join to form large lymph vessels and which open into larger veins.

Functions of Lymph

• 1) It supplies nutrition and oxygen to those parts where blood cannot reach.

  2) It drains away excess tissue fluids.

  3 Lymph returns proteins to the blood from the tissue spaces.

  4) Fats from the intestine are also absorbed through the lymph.

  5) The lymphocytes and monocytes of lymph act as defensive cells of the body.

  6) The lymph also removes bacteria from tissues.

  Function of lymph is to carry absorbed digested fat from intestine and it also drains excess fluid from extra cellular space back into the blood.