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Compare the Circulatory system and the Lymphatic system.

Date Submitted: 05/30/2004 09:54:02
Category: / Science & Technology / Biology
Length: 2 pages (521 words)
Compare the Circulatory system and the Lymphatic system Closely connected with the blood and circulatory system, the lymphatic system is an extensive drainage system that returns water and proteins from various tissues back to the blood stream. When blood reaches the arterial end of the capillary beds in the body tissues, fluid from the plasma is forced out of the capillaries by the blood pressure in to a space between the capillaries and the tissue …
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…nodes enlarge because of dead white cells, to give what we know as 'swollen Glands'. I conclude to say that the lymphatic system is part of the circulatory system because the lymph comes from the blood and returns to the blood, and because its vessels are very similar to the veins and capillaries of the circulatory system. Throughout the body, wherever there are blood vessels, there are lymph vessels, and the two systems work together.
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