Question

three functions of lymph

Answer 1

1.lymph transports the nutrients like oxygen glucose that may have been filtered out of the blood capillaries back into the heart to be recirculated in the body
2.it brings CO2 and nitrogenous waste from tissue fluid to blood
3.being loaded with WBCs such as Lymphocytes, the lymph protect the body against infections. it forms the defence of immune system of the body

Answer 2

Through the pores present in the walls of capillaries some amount of plasma, proteins and blood cells escape into intercellular spaces between the tissue to form the the tissue fluid or lymph.

Function :-

1. Lymph drains into lymphatic capillaries from the intercellular spaces,which join to form large lymph vessels that finally open into larger veins.

2. Lymph carries digested and absorbed fat from intestine and drains excess fluid from extra cellular space back into the blood.