Cannulation of the cervical thoracic duct in the rat.
A method is described for cannulation of the cervical part of the thoracic duct in the rat. The volume or lymph flowing from the cervical cannula is approximately 80% higher and its protein concentration by about 18% lower than that of the lymph collected from a cannula introduced into the abdominal part of the thoracic duct.
D000005:Abdomen; D000818:Animals; D002404:Catheterization; D008196:Lymph / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D051381:Rats; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors