Inoue A, Makita T
Yamaguchi University, Japan.
J Anat. 1994 Aug;185 ( Pt 1)(Pt 1):189-93.
Variations in the thoracic duct of Japanese monkeys were compared with previous reports on the human (Japanese) thoracic duct. The most striking difference between man and the Japanese monkey was that in the majority of the monkeys examined the right thoracic duct ascended without crossing to the left side whereas in man the upper portion of the right duct crosses over to the left. Although most thoracic ducts in man, other primates and domestic animals reportedly enter the left venous angle, about half of the ducts of Japanese monkeys enter the right venous angle. A ring configuration in the thoracic duct was found in 24.4% of Japanese monkeys. This was less frequent than human Japanese. Three out of 41 monkeys had an intercalated lymph node, situated between the 10th and 11th and 12th thoracic vertebrae; this has only occasionally been reported in man.
将日本猕猴胸导管的变异情况与之前关于人类（日本人）胸导管的报告进行了比较。人与日本猕猴之间最显著的差异在于，在大多数被检查的猕猴中，右胸导管向上走行而不越过左侧，而在人类中，右导管的上部会交叉到左侧。尽管据报道人类、其他灵长类动物和家畜的大多数胸导管进入左静脉角，但约一半的日本猕猴导管进入右静脉角。在24.4%的日本猕猴中发现胸导管呈环状结构。这一情况比日本人中更为少见。41只猕猴中有3只在第10、11和12胸椎之间有一个中间淋巴结；这种情况在人类中仅偶尔有报道。
