THORACIC DUCT IN MAN 



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InternalJugular Trunk 



Insula 



Internal Jugular Vein 



Right 

 Subclavian 

 Vein 



ight 

 Innominate 

 Vein 



1st 

 1^ Thoracic 

 Vertebra 



oliaterals 



Lymph 

 Glands 



^Left 



Lumbar 



Lymphatics 



Internal 



Jugular Trunk^^.^^ Subclavian 

 Left Internal Jugular Vein^^^:>--/ Trunk 



1st Thoracic Vertebra 



Left 



Subclavian 

 Vein %■ 



Left 



innominate JF. 

 Vein 



Thoracic 

 Duct 



Collaterals 



Intestinal 

 Trunk 



Right 

 Lumbar Trunk- 



Left 

 mbar Trunk 



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Fig. 30 Type 8; thoracic duct in a male white subject, age 55. Note the 

 plexiform arrangement of the caudal portion of the duct and its termination into 

 the right internal jugular vein by three branches. 



Fig. 31 Type 9; thoracic duct in a male white subject, age 71. Note the 

 position of the duct on the left side, and its quadruple termination into the left 

 subclavian vein. 



