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- noun Plural form of
efferent .
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The efferents of the glands in the lower four or five spaces unite to form a trunk, which descends and opens either into the cisterna chyli or into the commencement of the thoracic duct.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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Their efferents mostly end in the thoracic duct, but some join the tracheobronchial glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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The afferents of the tracheobronchial glands drain the lungs and bronchi, the thoracic part of the trachea and the heart; some of the efferents of the posterior mediastinal glands also end in this group.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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Its efferents are collected into two trunks which pass to the pectoral group of axillary glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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Their efferent vessels ascend upon the trachea and unite with efferents of the internal mammary and anterior mediastinal glands to form the right and left bronchomediastinal trunks.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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The efferents of the glands in the upper spaces of the left side end in the thoracic duct; those of the corresponding right spaces, in the right lymphatic duct.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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Those of the visceral pleura drain into the superficial efferents of the lung, while the lymphatics of the parietal pleura have three modes of ending, viz.: (a) those of the costal portion join the lymphatics of the Intercostales interni and so reach the sternal glands; (b) those of the diaphragmatic part are drained by the efferents of the diaphragm; while (c) those of the mediastinal portion terminate in the posterior mediastinal glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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Their efferents pass to the posterior mediastinal glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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The superficial efferents turn around the borders of the lungs and the margins of their fissures, and converge to end in some glands situated at the hilus; the deep efferents are conducted to the hilus along the pulmonary vessels and bronchi, and end in the tracheobronchial glands.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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Their efferents usually unite to form a single trunk on either side; this may open directly into the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins, or that of the right side may join the right subclavian trunk, and that of the left the thoracic duct.
VIII. The Lymphatic System. 7. The Lymphatic Vessels of the Thorax 1918
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