Ana3D

afferent lymphatic vessel

Lymphatic

3D model: afferent lymphatic vessel
afferent lymphatic vessel
3D models: Browne, Kristen, and Heidi Schlehlein. 2026. 3D Reference Organ Set for Female, v1.10. https://doi.org/10.48539/HBM637.DWBM.744. HuBMAP CCF 3D Reference Object Library, https://humanatlas.io/3d-reference-library. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

In 2 atlases

Definition

Lymphatic vessel that enters the lymph node. The afferent lymph vessels enter at all parts of the periphery of the lymph node, and after branching and forming a dense plexus in the substance of the capsule, open into the lymph sinuses of the cortical part. In doing this they lose all their coats except their endothelial lining, which is continuous with a layer of similar cells lining the lymph paths.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Neighbouring structures

Identifiers

UBERON
0010396