Look up: thoracic-duct

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   Thoracic Duct
   The thoracic duct begins in the abdomen, close in front of the spinal column at the level of the second lumbar vertebra, as the receptaculum chyli, and running upwards to the root of the neck curves a little to the left, and arches over to empty itself into the venous blood-stream at the junction of the left internal jugular and subclavian veins.
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   thoracic duct
   [n] - the major duct of the lymphatic system
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   Thoracic Duct
   The main channel of the lymphatic system that returns lymph fluid (circulating tissue fluid) to the blood circulation. The thoracic duct joins the blood circulatory system just above the heart.
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   Thoracic Duct
   This is the body's main lymph collecting vessel. It starts in the little collecting bladder in the abdomen (the cisterna chyli), moves up the center of the body in front of the spinal chord, alongside the esophagus and aorta to the neck, where it drains into the left subclavian vein.
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   Thoracic duct
   Thoracic duct: A vascular structure which recirculates lymph into the blood stream. It begins in the abdomen and tracks alongside the aorta and esophagus to eventually join with the left brachiocephalic vein.
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   thoracic duct
   The major efferent lymph duct into which lymph from most of the peripheral lymph nodes drains. Recirculating lymphocytes that have left the circulation in the lymph node return to the blood through the thoracic duct.
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   thoracic duct
   <anatomy> The major efferent lymph duct into which lymph from most of the peripheral lymph nodes drains. ... Recirculating lymphocytes that have left the circulation in the lymph node return to the blood through the thoracic duct. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   thoracic duct
   noun the major duct of the lymphatic system
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   Thoracic duct
   In human anatomy, the `thoracic duct` is an important part of the lymphatic system—it is the largest lymphatic vessel in the body. It collects most of the lymph in the body (except that from the right arm and the right side of the chest, neck and head, which is collected by the right lymphatic duct) and drains into the systemic (blood) circulation at the left subclavian vein.
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    thoracic duct
    a duct beginning in the cisterna chyli and emptying into the venous system at the junction of the left subclavian and left internal jugular veins. It acts as a channel for the collection of lymph from the portions of the body below the diaphragm and from the left side of the body above the diaphragm.
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    thoracic duct
    the largest lymph vessel in the body, beginning at the cisterna chyli at about the level of the second lumbar vertebra; the abdominal part extends superiorly to pass through the aortic opening of the diaphragm, where it becomes the thoracic part and crosses the posterior mediastinum to form the arch of the thoracic duct and discharge into the left ...
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    thoracic duct
    The largest lymphatic vessel in the human body, being about 41 cm (16 in) long and 0.6 cm (0.25 in) wide. The thoracic duct carries the mixture of lymph and chyme from the cisterna chyli upwards through the thorax to the left subclavian vein in the root of the neck. Changes in pressure in the body...
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    thoracic part of thoracic duct
    Synonym for pars thoracica ductus thoracici ... thoracic part of thoracic duct ...
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    thoracic part of thoracic duct
    portion of the thoracic duct within the thorax, from aortic hiatus to the level of the first thoracic vertebra. Syn: pars thoracica ductus thoracici TA
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