Anatomy
Drains R Upper Limb, R side of head and neck and R side of Thorax/chest (and sometimes L lung lower lobe), formed by union of 3 Trunks (R Jugular, R Bronchomediastinal and R Subclavian), about 1/2 inch in length, empties into R Subclavian Vein.
Clinical
85% of what leaves through the arteriolar end of cardiovascular (blood) capillaries (filtered Plasma) into the Interstitial Fluid, is reabsorbed at venular end. 15% (3 litres per day) is taken up by Lymphatic capillaries and ultimately returned to the venous system by the R Lymphatic and Thoracic (L Lymphatic) Ducts at R and L Subclavian Veins respectively.
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