lymphatics

Between the capillary vessels and the lymphatics is the tissue fluid, in which all the exchange takes place.

Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman

At Fig. 59 is a magnified view of another set of vessels, called the lymphatics or absorbents.

American Woman's Home Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853

Lymph is a natural fluid that oozes from the bloodstream into the tissues and which is normally gathered back into the circulation by a network of fine tubes called the lymphatics.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

The immediate cause of dropsy is the paralysis of some other branches of the absorbent system, which are called lymphatics, and which open into the larger cavities of the body, or into the cells of the cellular membrane; whence those cavities or cells become distended with the fluid, which is hourly secreted into them for the purpose of lubricating their surfaces.

Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

The diabætes consists in the inverted motions of the urinary lymphatics, which is generally I suppose owing to the too great action of some other branch of the absorbent system.

Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766

Her significant scientific contributions to lymphatics led to papers and a chapter in the Manual of Human Embryology (1910-1912).

Personal Information for Florence Rena Sabin Jewish Women's Archive 2010

Her significant scientific contributions to lymphatics led to papers and a chapter in the Manual of Human Embryology (1910-1912).

Personal Information for Florence Rena Sabin 2010

Longer-chain fats get taken up into the lymphatics and are dumped into the bloodstream through the thoracic duct.

Last gasp of the dark ages of nutrition | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

The lymphatics are small vessels and take a long time to move their contents along since there is no heartbeat pushing them as there is with blood.

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Once in the lymphatics, fats make their way to the thoracic duct, which empties into a large vein in the upper chest.

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