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Thoracic Lymphatic System

Thoracic Lymphatic System. Thoracic venous structures lie closely to thoracic lymphatic structures. Shown here are the left innominate vein, internal and external jugular veins, Duct of Cuvier, left cardinal vein, cisterna chyli, left renal vein, retroperitoneal lymph sac, left common iliac vein, external iliac vein, hypogastric vein, posterior lymph sac, postrenal part of inferior vena cava, prerenal part of inferior vena cava, superior vena cava, and jugular lymph sac. Henry Vandyke Carter, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

From: Anatomy, Abdomen and Pelvis: Lymphatic Drainage

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