CEU
The Other
Circulatory
System
James McGuire DPM, PT, LPed, FAPWHc
Milad Manoucheh BS
Gilberto A. Vilá Arroyo
The lymphatic system is often referred to as the forgotten
circulatory system and is frequently an afterthought in many
medical school curricula. The arterial and venous systems
make up a closed loop designed to transport oxygenated
blood to the tissues and deoxygenated blood back from the
periphery. The lymphatic system is responsible for returning
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fluid or transudate that escapes from the capillary vessels
into the interstitial spaces back to the heart (4). In a number
of recent broadcasts the discovery of a new organ system
was big news. Last year it was the omentum or mesentery
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and this year it is the interstitium or the intricate system of
connective tissue that fills the spaces between other systems.
The interstitium is intimately associated with the lymphatic
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system, its primary fluid management mechanism. It also
has a major role in immunity as it collects white blood
cells that leave the circulatory system to address infection,
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