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thoracic duct

one of two lymph ducts in the human lymphatic system
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thoracic duct
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thoracic duct

Summary

thoracic duct is a lymph trunk[1]. It draws 126 Wikipedia views per month (lymph_trunk category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • thoracic duct's image is recorded as Gray599.png[3].
  • thoracic duct's instance of is recorded as lymph trunk[4].
  • thoracic duct's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[5].
  • thoracic duct's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85134948[6].
  • thoracic duct's subclass of is recorded as lymphatic trunk[7].
  • thoracic duct's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[8].
  • thoracic duct's Commons category is recorded as Thoracic duct[9].
  • thoracic duct's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D013897[10].
  • thoracic duct's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 52606[11].
  • thoracic duct's has part is recorded as cervical part of thoracic duct[12].
  • thoracic duct's has part is recorded as thoracic part of thoracic duct[13].
  • thoracic duct's has part is recorded as abdominal part of thoracic duct[14].
  • thoracic duct's has part is recorded as arch of thoracic duct[15].
  • thoracic duct's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01s6yj[16].
  • thoracic duct's MeSH tree code is recorded as A15.382.520.301.750[17].
  • thoracic duct's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A12.4.01.007[18].
  • thoracic duct's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[19].
  • thoracic duct's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 5031[20].
  • thoracic duct's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/thoracic-duct[21].
  • thoracic duct's UBERON ID is recorded as 0001631[22].
  • thoracic duct's NALT ID is recorded as 50922[23].
  • thoracic duct's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0039979[24].
  • thoracic duct's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0008840[25].
  • thoracic duct's anatomical branch of is recorded as lumbar lymph trunk[26].
  • thoracic duct's anatomical branch of is recorded as intercostal lymphatic trunks[27].

Why It Matters

thoracic duct draws 126 Wikipedia views per month (lymph_trunk category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Medical Subject Headings. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . WikiUMLS: Aligning UMLS to Wikipedia via Cross-lingual Neural Ranking. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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