Lymphatic

{limf-af -ik) \lymph a, lymph]. Pertaining to lymph; containing or characterized bylymph. L. System, a system of ve els and glands, acce ory to the blood vascular system, conveying lymph. It begins as innumerable capillaries in interspaces of ti ues. These form plexuses studded with lymph-glands that act as filters and finally all those below the diaphragm unite in the receptaculum chyli on the second lumbar vertebra. From this the thoracic duct leads upward to empty into the junction of the left subclavian and internal jugular veins. The - lymph head from enters the upper and the right right half ’of the duct, lymphatic body which empties into the junction of the right internal jugular and subclavian veins. 375