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bronchomediastinal trunk

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bronchomediastinal trunk,
one of the two lymphatic vessels, right and left, that drain the lung and bronchi, mediastinal structures, and thoracic wall.


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2-4) This may be due to inferior lymphatic drainage of the right lung by the small-caliber right bronchomediastinal trunk in comparison to that of the left lung carried out by the large-caliber thoracic duct.
Unilateral pulmonary edema secondary to idiopathic rupture of mitral ... by Dincturk, Mehmet / Southern Medical Journal
The right lymphatic duct drains the right side of the head, neck, and chest wall; it also drains the right lung and the lower half of the left lung, the heart, the dome of the liver, and the right diaphragm via the bronchomediastinal trunk.
Left cervical chyloma following right thyroidectomy. (Original ... by Myssiorek, David / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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