THORACIC DUCT IN MAN 



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Internal 

 Left Internal Jugular Vein Jugular Trunk 



Internal 

 Jugular Trunk^ Subclavian Trunk 



/ 



1st 

 Thoracic 

 Vertebra 



Coilatera 



jf- ^1/-^"^ Subclavian 

 Vein 



I ''Left 

 'nnominate 

 Vein 



Collaterals 



Thoracic 

 Duct 



Left Internal Jugular Vein 



— ^' Trunk. 1st Thoracic Ve^tebra^^lE^ 



Lumbar Trunk \|Ap 



Lumbar Trunk 



Intestine 



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Left 



Subclavian 



Vein 



Collaterals 



Collaterals^ ^-1 



ollaterals 



Thoracic Duct 



Collaterals 



Intestinal Trunk 



Lumbar Trunk 



-Left 

 bar Trunk 



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Fig. 16 Type 6; thoracic duct in a male white subject, age 62. Note the 

 position of the cisterna chyli opposite the body of the 11th vertebra. 



Fig. 17 Type 6; thoracic duct in a male white subject, age 22. Note the insula 

 at the terminal portion of the duct and the opening of the duct by two branches 

 into the left subclavian vein. 



