The valves of the marginal sinus of the lymph nodes

Maĭborodin, I.V.; Gavrilin, V.N.; Borodin, I.I.; Reĭkhert, V.E.

Morfologiia 110(6): 86-88

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 1026-3543
PMID: 9162420
Document Number: 460854
Popliteal lymph nodes of male Wistar rats were studied in scanning regime of electron microscope. On the base of the data obtained it is concluded that on the lymph node surface and in the thickness of a capsule afferent lymphatic vessels branch into thin rami supplied with valves from the inside of the capsule in the site of falling into marginal sinus. Valvular apparatus found obviously gives possibility to regulate lymph flow in the lymph node.

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