Lymphatic network

Looks like

A one-way system of fine vessels and small nodes running beside the veins.

What it does

Drains the fluid that leaks from vessels and returns it to the blood.

Keeping it well

Move — the pump is your muscles. After node surgery, protect the limb and treat skin breaks quickly.

Its parts

• Lymph capillaries & vessels
• Lymph nodes
• Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue
• Peyer's patches

Related conditions

• Ebola virus disease
• Endemic fungal infections (histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis)
• HIV infection
• Infectious mononucleosis
• Kaposi sarcoma
• Lymphangitis
• Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
• Lymphoedema
• Lymphoma (Hodgkin & non-Hodgkin)
• Melanoma
• Sarcoidosis
• Scrub typhus & rickettsial infections
• Toxoplasmosis & CMV
• Transplant rejection & graft-versus-host disease
• Tuberculosis