title: [Formation and importance of lymph and edema in the organism].
abstract: In accordance to a new theory of microcirculation in tissues the lymphatic fluid is not a result of a imbalance between filtration and resorption across the capillary wall, but is rather a consequence of the protein recirculation in the following manner: blood vessels--interstitial space--lymphatic vessels--blood vessels. Convective and resorptive processes within the interstitium lead to local increase of the colloid-osmotic pressure, which only decreases by diffusion in the direction of lymphatic vessels and capillaries. In this way the lymphatics and the edema formation have a protective function concerning the physiological steady state of the tissue blood supply.
authors.affiliation: Nervenklinik und Poliklinik, Universität Rostock.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Petrow
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008196:Lymph / Q000502:physiology*; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009997:Osmotic Pressure
vernacular_title: Bildung und Bedeutung der Lymphe und der Odeme im Organismus.