Review Article

Comparative and Developmental Anatomy of Cardiac Lymphatics

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(a) A photography of an India-ink-injected adult mouse heart demonstrating the structure and the route of the major lymphatic collector; (b) a scheme showing the extracardiac route of this collector terminating in a regional lymph node (in red); ra—right auricle; pt—pulmonary trunk; rpa—right pulmonary artery; ao—aorta.
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