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Cutaneous lymphatics

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Lymphatics in the skin reside proximally in the dermis. Afferent vessels begin in the papillae of the dermis before descending on and joining one superficial and two deep plexuses. The deep lymphatics follow the same route out of the dermis as venules from the same region.

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