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Fig. 1

From: Anatomical basis for the development of a thoracic duct cannulation model without thoracotomy in Large White pigs

Fig. 1

The course of the thoracic duct and the tracheal trunk in the cervicothoracic region on the left. Dissections were performed on a 6-week old Large White pig cadaver to expose the craniolateral aspect of the left cervicothoracic region. The left forelimb was retracted craniolaterally. The tracheal trunk anastomosed with the thoracic duct (the ampulla of the thoracic duct) in this pig. The picture is positioned with cranial to the left. a: thoracic duct; b: left tracheal trunk; c: left superficial cervical artery; e: left external jugular vein; g: left axillary artery; h: left internal thoracic artery; i: left common carotid artery; j: bicarotid trunk; k: left subclavian artery; l: aorta; m: heart; n: thymus; o: oesophagus; p: left costocervical artery; q: left costocervical vein; r: the vertebral and sternal cutting edges of the first left rib; g: left costocervical vein; h: left internal thoracic artery; s: left vagosympathetic trunk t: left vagus nerve u: left internal thoracic vein; v: left cranial lobe of the lung; w: brachiocephalic trunk; x: cranial vena cava; dotted line: left phrenic nerve

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