afferent lymphatic vessel

Afferent lymphatic vessels are only found in lymph nodes.

They receive as afferents lymphatic vessels from the following:

The larvae develop into adult worms over the course of a year, and reach sexual maturity in the afferent lymphatic vessels.

Afferent lymphatic vessels bring a lymph from peripheral tissues into the lymph node.

Antigens are collected from peripheral tissues and along with the lymph come into the lymph node by several afferent lymphatic vessels.

The lymphatic capillary becomes the afferent lymphatic vessel and carries the lymph into a lymph node.

Its afferent lymphatic vessels are the efferent vessels of all the preceding groups of axillary glands; its efferents pass to the subclavicular group.

Lymph circulates to the lymph node via afferent lymphatic vessels and drains into the node just beneath the capsule in a space called the subcapsular sinus.

When an APC, such as a dendritic cell, binds a foreign antigen it becomes activated and moves into the lymph nodes (sites for antigen sampling by T cells) via afferent lymphatic vessels.