He also learned that they emptied into the thoracic duct, and that they had valves . and in the interim similar findings were published by Thomas Bartholin, who additionally published that such vessels are present everywhere in the body, not just in the liver.
32.
The thoracic duct, which drains the majority of the body's lymph, passes behind the esophagus, curving from lying behind the esophagus on the right in the lower part of the esophagus, to lying behind the esophagus on the left in the upper esophagus.
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Their efferents usually unite to form a single trunk on either side; this may open directly into the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins, or that of the right side may join the right subclavian trunk, and that of the left the thoracic duct.
34.
In the mid 16th century, Gabriele Falloppio ( discoverer of the fallopian tubes ), described what are now known as the lacteals as " coursing over the intestines full of yellow matter . " He also identified the thoracic duct but failed to notice its connection with the lacteals.
35.
Permanent diversion of lymphatic fluid may be accomplished by thoracic duct embolization ( a needle-based procedure to occlude the duct by depositing glue / embolic material into it ) or by thoracic duct ligation ( an open surgical procedure to occlude the duct by suturing tightly around it ).
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Permanent diversion of lymphatic fluid may be accomplished by thoracic duct embolization ( a needle-based procedure to occlude the duct by depositing glue / embolic material into it ) or by thoracic duct ligation ( an open surgical procedure to occlude the duct by suturing tightly around it ).
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Most of the efferent vessels of the lateral aortic glands converge to form the right and left lumbar trunks which join the cisterna chyli, but some enter the preaortic and retroaortic lymph nodes, and others pierce the crura of the diaphragm to join the lower end of the thoracic duct.
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The right aortic intercostals are longer than the left because of the position of the aorta on the left side of the vertebral column; they pass across the bodies of the vertebrae behind the esophagus, thoracic duct, and azygos vein, and are covered by the right lung and pleura.
39.
He traced this fluid to the thoracic duct, which he then followed to a chyle-filled sac he called the " chyli receptaculum, " which is now known as the cisternae chyli; further investigations led him to find that lacteals'contents enter the venous system via the thoracic duct.
40.
He traced this fluid to the thoracic duct, which he then followed to a chyle-filled sac he called the " chyli receptaculum, " which is now known as the cisternae chyli; further investigations led him to find that lacteals'contents enter the venous system via the thoracic duct.
