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thoracic duct

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001631

A major lymphatic vessel that drains lymph from the lower body, left appendage, and left thorax into the junction of the left jugular and subclavian veins. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoracic_duct ]

Synonyms: trunk of thoracic duct tree

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

The thoracic duct is the first perfused lymphatic, located between the dorsal aorta and posterior cardinal vein., Lymphatic trunk that connects all tributaries of the thoracic duct tree to the trunk of the left brachiocephalic vein.

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Gray599.png

editor note

placement of the ZFA class here is dubious

has related synonym

ductus thoracicus

id

UBERON:0001631

prefLabel

Thoracic duct

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606