Tim Taylor is a senior writer at Innerbody Research focusing on human anatomy and physiology. Tim earned both his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and his Master's degree in Teaching from the University of Pittsburgh.
The intestinal trunk drains lymph from the organs of the abdominal cavity. It then joins the thoracic duct. After leaving this collecting duct, the lymph enters the veins to become part of the plasma, just before the blood returns to the right atrium of the heart.
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