Question

What is the name of the enlarged sac to which the lumbar trunks and the intestinal trunk return lymp?

Answer 1

The lumbar trunk and intestinal trunk return lymp at the cisterna chyli. The cisterna chyli is also known as the receptaculum chyli. It is a normal anatomical structure seen as a saccular area of dilatation in the lymphatic channels that is located in the retrocrural space, usually to the immediate right of the abdominal aorta.