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Where do the lymphatic trunks drain into?
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Lymphatic ducts
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How does lymph get back into the heart from the trunk?
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Lymph trunk to right lymphatic duct to JUNCTURE of right subclavian and right internal jug vein to form brachiocephalic vein which join to form the superior vena cava to right atrium
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What is the area drained by the right lymphatic duct?
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receives lymph rom the lymphatic trunks that drain the right side of the head and neck, right upper limb, and right side of the thorax. NOTHING IN THE LEFT!
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What is the largest lymph vessel?
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Thoracic duct
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What is at the base of the thoracic duct and anterior to the L2 vertebra?
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a rounded, saclike structure called the cisterna chyli
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What is cisterna chyle?
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collecting area for lymph, gets its name from the milky lymph, called "chyle", it receives from teh small intestine.
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Where does the thoracic duct travels after the cisterna chyli?
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superiorly from the cisterna chyli and lies directly anterior to the vertebral bodies JUST KNOW RIGHT SIDE
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what could put a person at risk for lypmhedema?
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any surgery that requires removal fo a group of lmymph nodes, malignant tumors, radiation therapy, trauma or infection of the lymph vessels, problems w/ valves, worms
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What is elephantitis?
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chronic lymphedema, an affected body part can swell to many times its normal size EXTREME lymphedema
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