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Schematic representation of the organization of a lymph node. | Schematic representation of the organization of a lymph node. | ||
* '''Afferent lymphatics''' enter lymph nodes and deliver lymph to the subcapsular sinus (SCS), which forms a channel around the periphery of the lymph node. | * '''Afferent lymphatics''' enter lymph nodes and deliver lymph to the '''subcapsular sinus''' (SCS), which forms a channel around the periphery of the lymph node. | ||
* '''Lymphatic sinuses''' run from the SCS through the cortex to the medulla | * '''Lymphatic sinuses''' run from the SCS through the cortex to the medulla | ||
* '''Efferent lymphatics''' exit the lymph node via efferent lymphatic vessels on the opposite (hilar) side of the organ. | * '''Efferent lymphatics''' exit the lymph node via efferent lymphatic vessels on the opposite (hilar) side of the organ. | ||
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Lymph Node Structure
Schematic representation of the organization of a lymph node.
- Afferent lymphatics enter lymph nodes and deliver lymph to the subcapsular sinus (SCS), which forms a channel around the periphery of the lymph node.
- Lymphatic sinuses run from the SCS through the cortex to the medulla
- Efferent lymphatics exit the lymph node via efferent lymphatic vessels on the opposite (hilar) side of the organ.
- High endothelial venules (HEVs) - in the paracortex and cortical ridge, specialized vessels allow entry of leukocytes from the blood.
- Blood vessels enter and exit the lymph node on the hilar side, and snake through the lymph node like the branches of a tree.
- B cell follicles containing follicular dendritic cell (FDC) networks are arranged in the lymph node cortex and are separated from the SCS by a layer of marginal reticular cells (MRC).
- T cells zones in the paracortex, which contain many fibroblastic reticular cells (FRC), are separated by the cortical ridge, an area rich in T cells, dendritic cells (DCs), blood vessels, and FRC.
Scale bars represent 200 μM.
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Reference
<pubmed>19644499</pubmed>| PMC2785037 | Nat Rev Immunol.
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