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THE INFERIOR EXTREMITY 



eventually poured into the blood, and by it are dispersed to all parts of the 

 body. Both terminal lymph vessels end at the root of the neck behind 

 the sternal end of the clavicle, the thoracic duct in the left innominate 

 vein and the right lymph duct in the right innominate vein (Fig. 14). 



Inguinal ligament. 



Proximal subinguinal 



lymph gland 



Fossa oval 



Lateral distal sub- 

 l lymph 

 glands 



nguinal lymph V 



Cisterna chyli 



Lumbar lymph gland 



/ Common iliac gland 

 V* External iliac glands 



p. -Pubic subinguinal 

 lymph gland 

 Deep femoral lymph 

 gland 



^Medial distal sub- 

 inguinal lymph glands 



Lymph vessels which 

 accompany the great 

 iphenous vein 



FIG. 159. Diagram of the Lymph Vessels of the front of the 

 Inferior Extremity. 



All the lymph, however, before it reaches the terminal lymph vessels, 

 passes through one or several lymph glands, usually several, for the glands 

 are interposed, like small filtering sponges, in the courses of the lymph 

 vessels ; therefore the lymph collected from the tissues is carried in the 

 first instance to a lymph gland, and then, as a rule, it passes through several 

 other glands before it reaches terminal lymph vessels. The lymph vessels 



