Rate of Flow and Cell Count of Thoracic Duct Lymph in the Mouse
- 1 October 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 99 (1) , 53-54
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-99-24244
Abstract
A method is described for obtaining lymph from the abdominal thoracic duct of the anesthetized mouse. The average rate of lymph flow was approximately 0.1 ml/hour, or 5.5 ml/hour/kg body weight. The cell content averaged ll,700/mm3, and the total lymphocyte output averaged 1.10 x 106/hour. There was a significant diurnal variation in the lymphocyte output which was greater in the afternoon than in the morning.Keywords
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