Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Need help in blogging!!

Hello,
if you have noticed, the template is really plain and boring and my chatbox cannot seem to work now. I seriously need help!
Any willing volunteers?
heehee
Miss Chua-who-can't-really-BLOG!

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

A very unfortunate case of mild amnesia with 08V11

So... to continue where i left off on Lymphatic systems,
If blood keeps leaving the blood capillaries and become tissue fluid, then the cells and tissues will swell from the water in the tissue fluid that will move into the cells by osmosis. This is NO good.
So, there exists 2 systems in place to absorb fluids back into the system and at the same time to remove waste materials.
1) Venule end of capillaries
2) lymphatic capillaries

Lymphatic capillaries are located near to the blood capillaries. Blood flow is slow as there is no heart at the lymphatic capillaries to provide pumping force. So, lymph inside the lymphatic capillaries move by the action of muscles. (lymphatics are also located near muscles).
Lymph in lymphatics move to the heart eventually (along the way removing the metabolic wastes).
Thus, these 2 systems prevent conditions like oedema.
Oedema can occur in conditions when:
1)Inflammation increases osmotic pressure outside the blood capillaries
2)Increased hydrostatic pressure inside the blood capillaries (for example in heart failure)
3)The permeability of the capillary walls increases in an inflammation which causes more fluid to leave the blood capillary.

That's all!
All the best for the RT!