Question

What is lymph? Write its functions.

Answer 1

Lymph is a fluid connective tissue comprising lymph plasma (fluid) and lymph corpuscles (cells).

Functions :-

It transports oxygen, food materials, hormones, etc. to the body and brings caorbondioxide and other metabolic wastes, from the body cells to the blood and then finally pours the same into the venous system.

Blood cells are also kept moist by the lymphs.....

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.