. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. e of the body of the second lumbarvertebra behind the aorta. Passing through the aortic opening of the diaphragm to the right side of the thora-cic aorta, it takes its course in the posterior mediasti-num, lying between the aorta and the vena azygos ma-jor and upon the front of the dorsal vertebra-, thenbetween the oesophagus and the left subclavian arteryas high as the seventh cervical vertebra, resting uponthe longus colli, whence it changes its direction andtu
. A Reference handbook of the medical sciences : embracing the entire range of scientific and practical medicine and allied science. e of the body of the second lumbarvertebra behind the aorta. Passing through the aortic opening of the diaphragm to the right side of the thora-cic aorta, it takes its course in the posterior mediasti-num, lying between the aorta and the vena azygos ma-jor and upon the front of the dorsal vertebra-, thenbetween the oesophagus and the left subclavian arteryas high as the seventh cervical vertebra, resting uponthe longus colli, whence it changes its direction andturns outward, describing a curve over the apex of thepleura, and terminates on the outer side of the internaljugular vein at the point where it joins the subclavianvein. The thoracic duct receives the absorbents from manysources, from both the lower extremities, from the in-testinal canal and abdominal walls, from all the visceraexcept part of the upper surface of the liver, from theleft side of the thorax, left lung, left heart, left upperextremities, and the left side of the head and neck. Oc- Z. recurrent Zaryng- V ?/??CauaZjypetiincr / Great•rjflanchrtic n, FIG. 8909.—The Parts seen on the Posterior Wall of the Thorax. tical Human Anatomy.) vena azr/cfo&minor (By permission, from F. Weisses Prac- clusion of the thoracic duct has been recorded. M. An-dral fits, in the dissection of a phthisical patient, foundthe duct occluded at a point corresponding to the third,fourth, and fifth dorsal vertebrae ; but from the third toits termination in the vein, the canal regained its formersize and transparency and seemed to be full of large lymphatic vessel was found arising from theprincipal duct a little below the point at which it wasobliterated, and, passing obliquely Upward behind theazygos vein, entered into the proper canal just above thepoint of obliteration. The ductus lyrmphaticus dexter is from a quarter to halfan inch long. It receives the absorbents
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