Thoracic duct

One of the main terminal ducts carrying lymph, on the left side of the neck.


One of the two major trunks of the lymphatic system; it drains lymph from the abdomen and lower limbs and from the left side of the thorax and head and empties it into the junction of the left subclavian and left internal jugular vein.


One of the two main trunks of the lymphatic system. It receives lymph (from both legs, the lower abdomen, left thorax, left side of the head, and left arm and drains into the left innominate vein.


The large lymph vessel which collects the contents of the lymphatics proceeding from the lower limbs, the abdomen, the left arm, and left side of the chest, neck, and head. It is provided with numerous valves, and opens into the veins at the left side of the neck.


The main lymphatic duct, originating at the cisterna chyli in the abdomen. It passes upward through the diaphragm into the thorax, continuing upward alongside the aorta and esophagus to the neck, where it turns to the left and enters the left subclavian vein near its junction with the left internal jugular vein. It receives lymph from all parts of the body except the right side of the head, neck, thorax, and upper extremity.


 


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