lacteal vessel

vessel /ves·sel/ (ves´'l) any channel for carrying a fluid, such as blood or lymph.

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blood vessel  one of the vessels conveying the blood, comprising arteries, capillaries, and veins.

chyliferous vessel  lacteal (2).

collateral vessel 

1. a vessel that parallels another vessel, nerve, or other structure.

2. a vessel important in establishing and maintaining a collateral circulation.

great vessels  the large vessels entering the heart, including the aorta, the pulmonary arteries and veins, and the venae cavae.

lacteal vessel  lacteal (2).

lymphatic vessels  the capillaries, collecting vessels, and trunks that collect lymph from the tissues and carry it to the blood stream.

nutrient vessels  vessels supplying nutritive elements to special tissues, as arteries entering the substance of bone or the walls of large blood vessels.

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lacteal vessel,

one of the many central intestinal capillaries in the villi of the small intestine. They open into the lymphatic vessels in the submucosa. The capillary is filled with milky-white chyle caused by the absorption of fat from the lumen (chylomicrons) and passes chyle to the lymph circulation via the thoracic duct to the blood vascular system.