Somebody please explain to me wtf is a lymph

Edit: coming back and reading these replies definitely helped with the post-exam-dumps thank you so much i love you all

      • cybernetsoc [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        If you actually want biology help. The lymph is the fluids permeable to blood vessels and tissue (isotonic sugar water) and the lymphatic system tries to collect it and filter it (lymph nodes filter the lymph and is a gathering place for white blood cells to kill bacteria/viruses).

        • cybernetsoc [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Other thing that might be useful is that as isotonic sugar water, it can be helpful to cells, so inflammation and blisters are collections of lymph to help the tissue with injuries and trauma.

        • GingusBingus [any, any]
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          3 years ago

          Okay that's fair, so is the spleen just basically a biggass lymph node functionally or am i confused

          • cybernetsoc [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            I don't remember enough about the spleen to weigh in too much, but wikipedia agrees with this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spleen