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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: cheryl j on 19/12/2011 19:31:45

Title: What attracts white blood cells to sites of infection or inflammation?
Post by: cheryl j on 19/12/2011 19:31:45

How do white blood cells get into the tissues or other body cavities. Some WBCs are even larger than rbcs, and I dont see how they would be able to squeeze through the spaces between epithelial cells lining capillary walls.

Title: Re: white cell migration
Post by: RD on 19/12/2011 19:52:16

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Lymph capillaries are slightly larger than their counterpart capillaries of the vascular system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymph_vessel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymph_vessel)


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphatic_system#Functions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphatic_system#Functions)