APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Lymph capillaries send lymph into larger tubes called lymphatic vessels. The lymphatic vessels come together in still-larger tubes called collecting ducts. A series of valves keep the fluid moving one way. The collecting ducts empty the lymph into the right or left lymphatic duct (thoracic duct).

Detailed explanation-2: -Lymphatic Capillary Pump Therefore, each time excess fluid enters the tissue and causes the tissue to swell, the anchoring filaments pull on the wall of the lymphatic capillary, and fluid flows into the terminal lymphatic capillary through the junctions between the endothelial cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most of the lymphatic vessels have valves like those in veins to keep the lymph, which can clot, flowing in the one direction (toward the heart). Lymphatic vessels drain fluid called lymph from tissues throughout the body and return the fluid to the venous system through two collecting ducts.