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Lymphatics 3D

  • Thoracic Duct                                                                               
    • * Is the largest lymphatic vessel in the body that begins as a continuation of the upper end of the cisterna chyli near the lower border of the twelfth thoracic vertebra and enters the thorax through the aortic opening of the diaphragm.
    • * Ascends through the posterior mediastinum from level of twelfth thoracic vertebra to fifth thoracic vertebra.
    • * Courses through the superior mediastinum and reaches the neck, where it arches laterally at the level of the transverse process of seventh cervical vertebra.
    • * Descends in front of the first part of the left subclavian artery and ends by opening into the angle of junction between the left subclavian and left internal jugular veins.
    • * Drains the lower limbs, pelvis, abdomen, left thorax, left upper limb, and left side of the head and neck.

                                                                                   

  • Right Lymphatic Duct
    • * Drains the right sides of the thorax, upper limb, head, and neck.
    • * Empties into the junction of the right internal jugular and subclavian veins.

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  • Thoracic Duct                                                                               
    • * Is the largest lymphatic vessel in the body that begins as a continuation of the upper end of the cisterna chyli near the lower border of the twelfth thoracic vertebra and enters the thorax through the aortic opening of the diaphragm.
    • * Ascends through the posterior mediastinum from level of twelfth thoracic vertebra to fifth thoracic vertebra.
    • * Courses through the superior mediastinum and reaches the neck, where it arches laterally at the level of the transverse process of seventh cervical vertebra.
    • * Descends in front of the first part of the left subclavian artery and ends by opening into the angle of junction between the left subclavian and left internal jugular veins.
    • * Drains the lower limbs, pelvis, abdomen, left thorax, left upper limb, and left side of the head and neck.

                                                                                   

  • Right Lymphatic Duct
    • * Drains the right sides of the thorax, upper limb, head, and neck.
    • * Empties into the junction of the right internal jugular and subclavian veins.

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