All other sections of the human body are drained by the thoracic duct.

On the left side it joins the thoracic duct.

These methods increase the flow of lymph through the thoracic duct.

He studied the expansion of air, wrote on psychology, and is also known for investigating the thoracic duct.

He also identified the thoracic duct but failed to notice its connection with the lacteals.

In adults, the thoracic duct transports up to 4 L of lymph per day.

In adults, the thoracic duct is typically 38-45cm in length and an average diameter of about 5mm.

Also, some of these studies don't account for "near miss" complications such as Bob's infection and punctured thoracic duct.

It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.

Its cause is usually leakage from the thoracic duct or one of the main lymphatic vessels that drain to it.

The lymph ends its journey in the thoracic duct, where it re-enters the blood circulation.

He also learned that they emptied into the thoracic duct, and that they had valves.

By this surgical technique loss of essential triglycerides that escape the thoracic duct can be prevented.

From the left jugular lymphatic sac, the cervical part of the thoracic duct forms.

In human anatomy, the thoracic duct is the largest lymphatic vessel of the lymphatic system.

From the thoracic duct, the lymph is returned to the venous circulation through the left subclavian vein.

I had punctured his thoracic duct, a collection of the lymphatic fluid that carries infection-fighting cells throughout the body.

Jean Pecquet, French anatomist who discovered the thoracic duct (born 1622)

The lymph from the legs is filtered through the inguinal nodes in the groin area on its way to the thoracic duct.

The thoracic duct empties the chylomicrons into the bloodstream via the left subclavian vein.

This is because direct repair is impractical owing to the extreme friability of the thoracic duct.

In animals, the most effective form of treatment until recently has been surgical ligation of the thoracic duct combined with partial pericardectomy.

Activated lymphocytes pass into the blood stream via the thoracic duct and travel to the gut where they carry out their final effector functions.

Another concept is that one of the supraclavicular nodes corresponds to the end node along the thoracic duct and hence the enlargement.

There are two lymph ducts in the body-the right lymphatic duct and the thoracic duct.