APPLIED RADIOLOGICAL ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The thoracic duct starts near the bottom of your spine. It collects lymph from your abdomen, lower chest and pelvis. The lymphatic ducts empty the lymph into your subclavian veins. These veins, located below your collarbone, join to form the superior vena cava.

Detailed explanation-2: -The thoracic lymph duct, the largest lymph vessel in the body, takes lymph from the lower and left halves of the body. Because the thoracic lymph duct drains the intestinal lymph trunks, it carries a mixture of lymph and emulsified fatty acids called chyle back to the bloodstream.

Detailed explanation-3: -The thoracic duct is the main lymphatic vessel for the return of chyle/lymph to the systemic venous system. It drains lymph from both lower limbs, abdomen (except the convex area of the liver), left hemithorax, left upper limb and left side of face and neck.