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Cisterna chyli
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Cisterna chyli; Cysterna Chyli
Cisterna chyli is the white bulb in the center near the bottom.
Modes of origin of thoracic duct. a. Thoracic duct. a’. Cisterna chyli. b, c’ Efferent trunks from lateral aortic glands. d. An efferent vessel which pierces the left crus of the diaphragm. e. f. Lateral aortic glands. h. Retroaortic glands. i. Intestinal trunk. j. Descending branch from intercostal lymphatics.
Details
Source
intestinal trunk, lumbar trunks, retroaortic lymph nodes
Drains to
thoracic duct
Identifiers
Dorlands
/Elsevier
Cisterna chyli
TA
A12.4.01.012
FMA
5835
Anatomical terminology
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The cisterna chyli (or cysterna chyli, and etymologically more correct, receptaculum chyli) is a dilated sac at the lower end of the thoracic duct in most mammals into which lymph from the intestinal trunk and two lumbar lymphatic trunks flow. It receives fatty chyle from the intestines and thus acts as a conduit for the lipid products of digestion. It is the most common drainage trunk of most of the body's lymphatics. The cisterna chyli is a retro-peritoneal structure. In humans, it is located posterior to the abdominal aorta on the anterior aspect of the bodies of the first and second lumbar vertebrae (L1 and L2). There it forms the beginning of the primary lymph vessel, the thoracic duct, which transports lymph and chyle from the abdomen via the aortic opening of the diaphragm up to the junction of left subclavian vein and internal jugular veins. In dogs, it is located to the left and often ventral to the aorta; in cats it is left and dorsal; in guinea pigs it runs to the left and drains into the left innominate vein.[1]
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1 Additional images
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
Additional images[edit]
Scheme showing relative positions of primary lymph sacs.
Deep lymph nodes and vessels of the thorax and abdomen (diagrammatic).
The relations of the viscera and large vessels of the abdomen.
Lymphatic system
Cisterna chyli (arrow), adjacent to the azygous vein (curved arrow). Normally not visible on CT; this is an 83 male who had a CT for follow-up of gastrointestinal stromal tumour.
See also[edit]
Lymphatic system
References[edit]
Jump up ^ István Rusznyák; Mihály Földi; György Szabó (3 September 2013). Lymphatics and Lymph Circulation: Physiology and Pathology. Elsevier Science. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-1-4831-8597-2.
External links[edit]
Anatomy photo:40:14-0100 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Posterior Abdominal Wall: The Cisterna Chyli"
Diagram at ccri.edu at ccri.edu
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