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

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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.
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