Lymphatic vessels fill up with fluid whenever there is increased interstitial fluid in a tissue.
When there is acute inflammation (which always includes extra protein moving from the blood vessels into the tissues), you can often see a tinge of pink in the lymphatics as they carry some of this fluid back to the bloodstream.
This is a dilated lympatic in the serosa of the colon in a person who had peritonitis.
With your study partners, find:
We'll let you find the endothelial cell nuclei yourselves, and won't point them out any more.
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Can you find the pus in the left lower corner? More about this soon!
Can you find the smooth muscle at the top? More about this soon!
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