Blood is a bodily fluid that allows the circulation of oxygen throughout the body while lymph helps in fighting against infections and removal of waste products.
Blood
The fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated by the heart through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues.
Lymph
A clear, watery, sometimes faintly yellowish fluid derived from body tissues that contains white blood cells and circulates throughout the lymphatic system, returning to the venous bloodstream through the thoracic duct. Lymph acts to remove bacteria and certain proteins from the tissues, transport fat from the small intestine, and supply mature lymphocytes to the blood.
Blood
A similar fluid in animals other than vertebrates.
Lymph
(Archaic) A spring or stream of pure, clear water.
Blood
The juice or sap of certain plants.
Blood
A vital or animating force; lifeblood.
Blood
One of the four humors of ancient and medieval physiology, identified with the blood found in blood vessels, and thought to cause cheerfulness.
Lymph
(physiology) A colourless, watery, coagulable bodily fluid which bathes the tissues and is carried by the lymphatic system into the bloodstream; it resembles blood plasma in containing white blood cells and especially lymphocytes but normally few red blood cells and no platelets.
Lymph
(immunology) The discharge from a sore, inflammation etc.
Blood
Temperament or disposition
A person of hot blood and fiery temper.
Lymph
A spring of water; hence, water, or a pure, transparent liquid like water.
A fountain bubbled up, whose lymph sereneNothing of earthly mixture might distain.
Blood
Descent from a common ancestor; parental lineage.
Lymph
An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart.
Blood
Family relationship; kinship.
Lymph
A fibrinous material exuded from the blood vessels in inflammation. In the process of healing it is either absorbed, or is converted into connective tissue binding the inflamed surfaces together.
Blood
Descent from noble or royal lineage
A princess of the blood.
Lymph
A fluid containing certain products resulting from the growth of specific microorganisms upon some culture medium, and supposed to be possessed of curative properties.
Blood
Recorded descent from purebred stock.
Lymph
A thin coagulable fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle; is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels
Blood
National or racial ancestry.
Blood
A member of a tribe of the Blackfoot confederacy inhabiting southern Alberta.
Blood
To give (a hunting dog) its first taste of blood.
Blood
To subject (troops) to experience under fire
"The measure of an army is not known until it has been blooded" (Tom Clancy).
Blood
To initiate by subjecting to an unpleasant or difficult experience.
Blood
A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates, it is colored red by hemoglobin, is conveyed by arteries and veins, is pumped by the heart and is usually generated in bone marrow.
The cultists gathered around a chalice of blood.
Blood
A family relationship due to birth, such as that between siblings; contrasted with relationships due to marriage or adoption (see blood relative, blood relation, by blood).
Blood
(historical) One of the four humours in the human body.
Blood
A blood test or blood sample.
Blood
The sap or juice which flows in or from plants.
Blood
(poetic) The juice of anything, especially if red.
Blood
Temper of mind; disposition; mood
Blood
(obsolete) A lively, showy man; a rake; a dandy.
Blood
A blood horse, one of good pedigree.
Blood
(figurative) Bloodshed.
They came looking for blood.
Blood
Alternative case form of Blood.
Blood
A friend or acquaintance, especially one who is black and male.
Blood
(transitive) To cause something to be covered with blood; to bloody.
Blood
To let blood (from); to bleed.
Blood
(transitive) To initiate into warfare or a blood sport, traditionally by smearing with the blood of the first kill witnessed.
Blood
The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.
Blood
Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship.
To share the blood of Saxon royalty.
A friend of our own blood.
Blood
Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage.
Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam.
I am a gentleman of blood and breeding.
Blood
Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed.
Blood
The fleshy nature of man.
Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood.
Blood
The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction.
So wills the fierce, avenging sprite,Till blood for blood atones.
Blood
A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.
He was a thing of blood, whose every motionWas timed with dying cries.
Blood
Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; - as if the blood were the seat of emotions.
When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth.
Blood
A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake.
Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty?
It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood.
Blood
The juice of anything, especially if red.
He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes.
Blood
To stain, smear or wet, with blood.
Reach out their spears afar,And blood their points.
Blood
To give (hounds or soldiers) a first taste or sight of blood, as in hunting or war.
It was most important too that his troops should be blooded.
Blood
To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
The auxiliary forces of the French and English were much blooded one against another.
Blood
The fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped by the heart;
Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries waste products away
The ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions
Blood
The descendants of one individual;
His entire lineage has been warriors
Blood
The shedding of blood resulting in murder;
He avenged the blood of his kinsmen
Blood
Temperament or disposition;
A person of hot blood
Blood
A dissolute man in fashionable society
Blood
People viewed as members of a group;
We need more young blood in this organization
Blood
Smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
Blood and lymph are the main component of our body. Blood comprises of various type of cells like RBCs, WBCS and platelets. Lymph is a colorless fluid which lacks RBCS but have WBCS and less amount of platelets. Blood supplies oxygen to the different parts of the body while lymph supplies nutrients like fat soluble vitamins and fats in the form of chylomicrons. Blood circulates throughout the body through circulatory system and lymph runs in lymphatic system. Lymph is basically derived from blood by super filtration through capillaries.
Blood is red in color due to presence of RBCs while lymph lacks RBCs so it is colorless. Blood circulates through cardiovascular system while lymph runs in lymphatic system. Blood carries high amount of oxygen and nutrients while lymph carries less amount of oxygen and nutrients. Blood contains plasma, RBCs, WBCs and platelets while lymph contains WBCs and less amount of platelets. Blood work as thermo regulator and maintains body fluid pH while lymph bathes the cellular environment.
Blood is a special type of connective tissue. It is mesodermal in origin and is made up of two parts; cellular and non-cellular. Its cellular part constitutes about 45% while rest (55%) is the noncellular part which is plasma. Cellular part is made up of red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes) and platelets. White blood cells are divided into two types; granular leukocytes and agranular leukocytes. Neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils are granular leukocytes while lymphocytes and monocytes are agranular leukocytes. Plasma consists of a fluid part (water 91%) and a solid part (9%). Plasma contains organic and inorganic substances. Organic substances are proteins, enzymes, pigments, non-nitrogenous substances and non-protein nitrogenous substances. RBCs are red oxygen carrying hemoglobin containing, non-nucleated cells present in the blood. Hemoglobin is a red, oxygen carrying pigment present in RBCs. Red blood cells have an average life span of 120 days while 70-90 days in neonates. All types of blood cells are made in bone marrow especially in ribs, sternum, hips and vertebrae. The major function of blood in the body is the transport but it has important role in defense mechanism of the body. White blood cells are involved in defense mechanism against infectious diseases. Deficiency of blood is called anemia which is because of deficiency of red blood cells and hemoglobin while polycythemia is the opposite condition in which increased number of red blood cells are produced. In megaloblastic anemia, erythroblasts are large and odd shaped. There are two types of megaloblastic anemia, one is lack of vitamin B12 which is called pernicious anemia while second is caused by deficiency of folic acid. Sickle cell anemia is another type of anemia in which abnormal form of hemoglobin occurs because of inherited genetic defect. Thalassemia is a genetic disorder characterized by a diminished synthesis of globin chains of Hb. This disease occurs due to abnormalities of the genes that are responsible for the synthesis of the globin portion of the hemoglobin molecule.
Lymph has derived from Latin word “lympha” which means “connected to water”. Lymph is the fluid of lymphatic system. Lymph is made when the interstitial fluid is gathered through lymph capillaries. It is transported through larger lymphatic vessels to lymph nodes where waste materials are removed by lymphocytes, before emptying into the right or the left subclavian vein, where it mixes back with the blood. The composition of lymph changes as the blood and its surrounding cells continually exchange material with the interstitial fluid. It is similar to blood plasma which is fluid of extracellular matrix of blood. Lymph returns the proteins and extra interstitial fluid to the blood stream. Lymph also transports metastatic cancer cells. It transports fats from the digestive system to the blood with the help of chylomicrons. It also picks up bacteria and brings them to lymph nodes where they are destroyed. Although lymph has a composition as that of plasma, it differs slightly from plasma. Lymph that leaves lymph node has a greater number of lymphocytes. Lymph which has formed in the digestive system is rich in fats. The flow of the lymph in the thoracic duct in an average resting person almost 100 ml per hour and approximately 25 ml per hour in other lymph vessels. Total lymph flow in the body is approximately 4 to 5 liters per day. Which can be increased several folds in case of exercising. Thus it can be estimated that without lymphatic flow, a person would die within 24 hours. Spleen which is located above kidneys, is largest organ of lymphatic system. Most common diseases of lymphatic system are lymphadenopathy which is the enlargement of the lymph nodes, lymphedema which is due to swelling of lymph node and cancers of this system. Lymphoma is cancer of lymphatic system which results because of uncontrolled growth and multiplication of lymphocytes.
