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  • Title: [Anatomy of the lymphatic vessels and lymphatic tissue of the lungs and pleura].
    Author: Dilberović F.
    Journal: Med Arh; 1995; 49(3-4 Suppl 1):21-4. PubMed ID: 9623061.
    Abstract:
    The lymph system in the lungs and chest has a very important role in disease spreading and recovery. No organ in lymph can compare to lungs regard of lymph. Two lymph nets exist in the lung superficially and profoundly, and also mutually communicate at hilus level and interlobular septum. On profoundly level of the net lymph vessel exist three lymph nets around bronchus, artery and veins. The lymph tissue placed in lung is particularly characteristic for children. The regional lymph tiejof the lungs can be divide on intrapulmonal and extrapulmonal. According to lymph drainage from lung we are talking about three territories: upper, medial and lover which are not coincides with lobar division. The capillary lymph net of the parietal pleura accumulate on subpleural net, from were leaving to regional lymph's nodes.
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