Intestinal trunk
Lymphatic trunks · Chyle
A single midline trunk carries lymph from the whole gut, liver, spleen and pancreas into the cisterna chyli; after a fatty meal it is loaded with chylomicrons and the lymph is called chyle.
Traced from the start
Detail
- Carries
- Chyle, chylomicron-rich lymph
- Fat load
- Up to about 100 g of dietary fat per day
- Route of absorbed fat
- Lacteal to thoracic duct to blood, bypassing the portal vein and first-pass hepatic metabolism
- Ends in
- Cisterna chyli or directly into the thoracic duct
When it goes wrong
Feeding medium-chain triglycerides
Fat absorbed straight into the portal vein, cutting chyle flow, which is the basis of chylothorax diet therapy
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