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of nearly every part of the body, and by their other extremi- 

 ties they end directly or indirectly in two trunks which open 

 into the large veins near the heart (Fig. 92). Their contents, 

 the lymph and chyle, unlike the blood, pass only in one direc- 



FIG. 92. 



Lymphatics of head 

 and neck, right. 



Right internal jug- 

 ular vein. 



Right subclavian 

 vein. 



Lymphatics of right 

 arm. 



Receptaculum 

 chyli. 



Lymphatics of Icn 

 er extremities 



Lymphatics of head 

 and neck, left. 



Thoracic duct. 



Left subclavian 

 vein. 



Thoracic duct. 



Lacteals. 



Lymphatics of low- 

 er extremities. 



Diagram of the principal groups of lymphatic vessels (from Quain). 



tion, namely, from the fine branches to the trunk and so to 

 the large veins, on entering which they are mingled with the 

 stream of blood, and form part of its constituents. Remem- 

 bering the course of the fluid in the lymphatic vessels, viz., its 

 passage in the direction only towards the large veins in the 

 neighborhood of the heart, it will be readily seen from Fig. 92 

 that the greater part of the contents of the lymphatic system 

 of vessels passes through a comparatively large trunk called 



