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  4. Read the following: a. Lymph absorbs and transports fat from the intestine. b. Lymph nodes produce fibrinogen. c. Lymphatic capillaries present in the intestinal villi are known as lacteals. d. Lymph transports oxygen only. Which of these statements are true?

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Q. Read the following:
a. Lymph absorbs and transports fat from the intestine.
b. Lymph nodes produce fibrinogen.
c. Lymphatic capillaries present in the intestinal villi are known as lacteals.
d. Lymph transports oxygen only.
Which of these statements are true?

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Solution:

Statement $b$, is false because lymph nodes produce lymphocytes, not fibrinogen.
Statement $d$, is false, because lymph does not only transport $O_2$ but it also transports $CO_2$, nutrients, hormone etc