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Human physiology / By Robley Dunglison.

  • Robley Dunglison
Date:
1836
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Credit: Human physiology / By Robley Dunglison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fig. 110. Chjiiferous Apparatus. aaa mrtion of the ieiunum.—b,b,h,b. Superficial lacteals.— c, r,c. Mcsentwy.—d, d, <*•—F'rat row ii 4&r/.andKre. Second rovv.il/, Rcceptaculum chyl..-*. Thoracic duct. A. Aorta.—i, t. Lymphatics. or cisterna chyli—which is the commencement of the thoracic duct. This reservoir is situated about the third lumbar vertebra ; behind the right pillar of the diaphragm, and the right renal vessels, lne chyliferous vessels generally follow the course of the artciies, but sometimes proceed in the spaces between them. They exist m the lower part of the duodenum, through the whole oi the jejunum, and in the upper part of the ileum. M. Voisin affirms, that all, or at least the major part, of the chyli- ferous vessels pass through the substance of the liver, before they empty their contents into the thoracic duct. After proceeding a cei tain
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