Cisterna chyli

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The cisterna chyli or receptaculum chyli (chy·li

pronounced: ˈkī-ˌlī) 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 retroperitoneal structure.

Cisterna 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.

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System Lymphatic system

Source intestinal trunk, lumbar

trunks, retroaortic lymph
nodes

Drains to thoracic duct

Identifiers

TA98 A12.4.01.012

TA2 5145

FMA 5835

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