Resource Library
Powered by Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Healthcare Consumers |
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
thoracic duct a duct beginning in the cisterna chyli and emptying into the venous system at the junction of the left subclavian and left internal jugular veins. It acts as a channel for the collection of lymph from the portions of the body below the diaphragm and from the left side of the body above the diaphragm.
|
||||||||
|








