MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Breslin et al aptly described the analogy best: “[while arteries and] veins [function] like a super highway, lymphatics are slow local roads eventually leading to the heart.”

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the lymphatic system’s major jobs is to collect extra lymph fluid from body tissues and return it to the blood. This is important because water, proteins, and other substances are always leaking out of tiny blood capillaries into the surrounding body tissues.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lymphatic system (lymph, lymph nodes and lymph vessels) supports the circulatory system by draining excess fluids and proteins from tissues back into the bloodstream, thereby preventing tissue swelling.