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Tirth Patel

May 20, 2026

11:53
... of what that looks like throughout our body.
11:56
Mm-hmm.
11:56
So in general, like you mentioned, the rest of the body, we have, you know, arteries and veins that carry blood, right? Arteries traditionally carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body.
12:06
Veins traditionally or typically bring blood back to the heart, right?Well, alongside this system, there's a third system called the lymphatic system that's all over the body that sort of tracks pretty closely to the veins, and it can dra- uh, drain fluid.
12:20
And traditionally the way it's taught to medical students and, and, and other students is that it drains toxic materials or just fluid from tissue to the rest of the body.
12:30
It can also absorb a lot of fluid, uh, and it all collects in lymph nodes, and then it all kind of goes back into the blood.
12:38
Now, lymph nodes are a very important part of the body because they're sort of the sentinels.

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