Question

What are some of the roles that lymph in the body is involved in?

Answer 1

Some of the functions performed by lymph include:

‌Returns the proteins, electrolytes, and H2O to blood from tissue spaces.

‌Helps in redistribution of body H2O, shifts from one compartment to another.

‌Removes the particulate matter and pathogens.

‌Maintains the interstitial fluid level. 

‌Helps in body decent by its lymphocytes and antibodies.

‌In the absorption from intestinal villi into lacteals.

‌Transport of antibiotics and other drugs injected intramuscularly.

 

Lymph plays a diverse set of functions in the body.