Figure 1. How brain fluid exits the skull and drains into neck lymph nodes (IMAGE)

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Figure 1. How brain fluid exits the skull and drains into neck lymph nodes

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This diagram shows the pathways cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) takes as it flows from the brain’s surface through facial lymphatic vessels and into lymph nodes in the neck.

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