[Contribution of prelymphatic structures to lymph drainage]

Vitalmicroscopic findings confirm the existence of a "low resistance pathway" for the transinterstitial fluid movement from the pillaries to the initial lymphatics. One part of this prelymphatic system is represented by submicroscopical spaces along the connective tissue fibres between ground substance (high resistance pathway) and fibre surface. The other part is represented by a network of prelymphatic tissue channels which are open connected with the initial lymphatic system.