Question

What is the difference between lymph and blood?

Answer 1

Hint: The lymphatic system is a network of tissues and organs that helps to remove toxins, waste and other unwanted materials from the body. The circulatory system consists of blood vessels that take blood away from and to the heart.

Complete Answer:

Sl.No	Lymph	Blood
1.	The Lymphatic system of a human body encompasses the Lymph.	The Circulatory system of a human body encompasses the Blood.
2.	The composition of Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells and platelets forms the human blood.	The composition of White Blood cells alone forms the lymph.
3.	Due to the presence of Red Blood Cells, the blood is red in colour.	Due to the absence of Red Blood Cells, the lymph is a colourless white fluid tissue
4.	Lymph plays a crucial role in the transfer of white blood cells to the lymph nodes and bones	Blood plays a major role in the transfer of a wide range of substances to various areas of the body.
5.	Lymph contains less oxygen and digested foods.	Blood contains less oxygen and digested foods
6.	Lymph plasma does not have proteins.	The blood plasma has more proteins, calcium, and phosphorus.
7.	Lymph moves very slowly in our body	But the flow of blood is very fast
8.	Lymph has less amount of fibrinogen, so they clot slowly in our body	But in turn, blood has more amount of fibrinogen, so they clot easily in our body
9.	The movement of lymph in our body is unidirectional	But the movement of blood is in a circular fashion.

Note: Blood helps to regulate the body temperature and water contents in our body. It also protects our body from excess blood loss via blood clotting. Whereas the lymph can supply nutrients to our body and removes metabolic waste from tissues.