Trabeculae of lymph node
From Self-sufficiency
| Lymph node trabeculae | |
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| Lymph gland tissue. Highly magnified. a, Trabeculæ. b. Small artery in substance of same. c. Lymph paths. d. Lymph corpuscles. e. Capillary plexus. | |
| File:Schematic of lymph node showing lymph sinuses.png | |
| Schematic of lymph node showing lymph sinuses. (Trabeculae labeled at upper right.) | |
| Latin | trabeculae nodi lymphoidei |
| Gray's | subject #175 688 |
The capsule is composed of connective tissue with some plain muscle fibers, and from its internal surface are given off a number of membranous processes or trabeculae, consisting, in man, of connective tissue, with a small admixture of plain muscle fibers; but in many of the lower animals composed almost entirely of involuntary muscle.
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