What Are Chest Tubes?
Thoracic duct
Chest tube
Right!
- Chinese name
- Chest tube
- Foreign name
- thoracic duct
- Sink
- Tail
- Shape
- Left and right branches
- Thoracic duct
- The chest tube is the backbone of the lymphatic vessels of vertebrates above reptiles, and it pools the tail. Lymph vessels of the lower limbs and chest enter the left subclavian vein. Amphibians also have a similar lymph trunk here. This lymph branch is branched left and right before entering the vein, and then injected into the left and right subclavian veins. In principle, there are two sternums of reptiles and birds (reptiles are sometimes one), and most of mammals are one (sometimes two). Narrowly speaking, only breastfeeding has a chest tube. With the exception of the upper left side, all lymph flows into the chest tube.