THE GREAT LYMPHATIC VEIN. 



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which, near its termination, again subdivides into four vessels that open separately, two to the 

 right and two to the left, in the usual place. 



" This variety Is the most remarkable and complicated of all those observed in the domesti- 

 cated animals. 



Pig.— "The thoracic duct of the Pig, usually single throughout its whole extent, ia 



Fig: 405. 



VARIETIES IN THE THORACIC DUCT OF THE OX. 



sometimes divided, at from 1 to 1| inches from its entrance, into two branches which soon 



reunite m an oval dilatation ; this, after receiving the vessels from the head, neck, and limbs 



opens towards the extremity of the left jugular. ' 



Carnivora.— "In the Dog, the receptaculum chyli is enormous; in shape it is ovoid, and 



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