[libribook.com] Traumatic Scar Tissue Management 1st Edition

Figure 3.1
Lymph tissue structure.
In another section of the node, lymphocytes, specialized white blood cells
(WBCs), kill pathogens that may be present. When inflammation is part of the
protective process this sometimes results in the swelling commonly identified as
swollen glands. Lymph nodes also trap cancer cells, with the ability to slow the
spread of the cancer, until the system becomes overwhelmed.
Lymph nodes are typically kidney shaped and less than an inch (2.5 cm) in
diameter but can fluctuate in both shape and size. Lymph nodes are embedded
within the fascia and are surrounded by trabeculae – fibrous CT that divides the
capsule into numerous compartments and provides structural support (Marieb
2003).