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lacteal
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lacteal /lac·te·al/ (lak´te-il) any of the intestinal lymphatics that transport chyle.
lac·te·al (lkt-l)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling milk.
2. Of or relating to a lacteal.
n.
Any of numerous minute intestinal lymph-carrying vessels that convey chyle from the intestine to lymphatic circulation and thereby to the thoracic duct. Also called chyle vessel.
lacteal
[lak′tē·əl]
referring to the tiny vessels in the villi of the wall of the small intestine through which chylomicrons are absorbed and released into the lymphatic system.
lacteal
1. pertaining to milk.
2. any of the intestinal lymphatics that transport chyle.


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The thoracic duct arises from the cisterna chyli and carries chyle from the intestinal lymphatics and lacteals to the venous circulation in the left thoracic inlet.
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