The cisterna chyli or receptaculum chyli (chy·li pronounced: ˈkī-ˌlī) is a dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct in most mammals into which...

duct). The thoracic duct usually begins from the upper aspect of the cisterna chyli, passing out of the abdomen through the aortic hiatus into first the...

lymphatic trunks on the corresponding side, which in turn drains to the cisterna chyli. The deep venous system of the thigh consists of the femoral vein, common...

channel into the common iliac, which ultimately releases lymph into the cisterna chyli. One testis is typically lower than the other, which is believed to...

of the abdominal wall. Ultimately, the lumbar trunks empty into the cisterna chyli, a dilatation at the beginning of the thoracic duct. This article incorporates...

from the lower and front part of the liver, and empties lymph into the cisterna chyli, which in turn drains into the thoracic duct. Description at uams.edu...

spaces unite to form a trunk, which descends and opens either into the cisterna chyli or into the commencement of the thoracic duct. The efferents of the...

majority unite to form the intestinal lymph trunk, which enters the cisterna chyli. Deep lymph nodes and vessels of the thorax and abdomen. This article...

detoxification, while lymphatic drainage carries fatty chyle to the cisterna chyli. Parasympathetic innervation of the midgut is from the superior mesenteric...

retroaortic lymph nodes (or postaortic lymph nodes) are placed below the cisterna chyli, on the bodies of the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. They receive...

veins (hemiazygos veins, accessory hemiazygos veins) Thoracic duct (Cisterna chyli) Esophagus (Esophageal plexus) Vagus nerve Splanchnic nerve (greater...

differentiate a chylothorax from any other type of pleural effusion. The cisterna chyli can be found in a thoracic MRI, making it possible to confirm chylothorax...

nodes 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...

and omental lymph nodes, which then drain to the coeliac nodes and cisterna chyli. Visceral nodes of the abdominal cavity This article incorporates text...

nodes and the superior mesenteric lymph nodes, which drain into the cisterna chyli. The lymph from the distal one-third of the transverse colon, the descending...

cingulum circle of Willis circulatory system circumflex artery cisterna cisterna chyli cisterna magna Clarke's column (dorsal nucleus) claustrum clava clavicle...

veins. On the right side it is in relation above with the azygos vein, cisterna chyli, thoracic duct, and the right crus of the diaphragm—the last separating...

deferens (ampulla vas deferentis or ampulla ductus deferentis) Cisterna chyli (ampulla chyli), dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct Duodenal...

veins Superior rectal vein Lymphatic trunks and ducts Thoracic duct Cisterna chyli Lymphatic system Primary lymphoid organs Bone marrow Thymus Secondary...

Experimenta Nova Anatomica in Paris, including his discovery of the Cisterna chyli. January 20 – Edward Tyson, English comparative anatomist (died 1708)...

unpublished. He is given credit in the discovery by Jean Pecquet of the Cisterna chyli. Gayant was associated with the Collège de Saint-Côme. He died at the...

left and right colic flexure the root of the transverse mesocolon. cisterna chyli (which drains into the thoracic duct). The transpyloric plane relates...