thoracic duct

…During this time, in most birds and mammals, the lymphatic system usually passes through several lymph nodes. The lymphatic trunk into which lymph from the entire body, except for the right upper half of the mammalian body, flows passes through the thoracic cage and usually empties into the left subclavian vein, so it is called the thoracic duct. The lymphatic vessels that begin in the villi of the intestinal mucosa run between the mesentery and join the thoracic duct, but since the lymph is cloudy due to the presence of chyle, which is fat droplets absorbed during digestion, it is also called the chyle duct. …

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…この間，多くの鳥類と哺乳類とでは，通常いくつかのリンパ節を経由する。哺乳類の右側上半身を除く全身のリンパ液が流入するリンパ本幹は，胸郭内を通り通常左鎖骨下静脈に注ぐので，胸管thoracic ductと呼ばれている。腸粘膜の絨毛（じゆうもう）から始まるリンパ管は，腸間膜の間を走り胸管に合流するが，消化時吸収された脂肪滴の乳糜（にゆうび）によりリンパ液が白濁しているので，乳糜管chyle ductともいう。…

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