A milky bodily fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats, or free fatty acids.
The fat containing lymph in the lymphatics of the intestine.
A fluid in the lymph vessels in the intestine, which contains fat, especially after a meal.
A turbid white or yellow fluid, taken up by the lacteals in the process of lipid digestion and absorption.
Cloudy fluid product of digestion in the small intestines, made up of fats; it is absorbed through lacteals into the lymphatic system and from there passes into the blood.
An alkaline milky liquid found within the lacteals after a period of absorption. It consists of lymph with a suspension of minute droplets of digested fats, which have been absorbed from the small intestine. It is transported in the lymphatic system to the thoracic duct, which drains into the subclavian vein.
The milky fluid which is absorbed by the lymphatic vessels of the intestine. The absorbed portion consists of fats in very fine emulsion, like milk, so that these vessels receive the name of lacteals (L. lac, milk). This absorbed chyle mixes with the lymph and is discharged into the thoracic duct, a vessel, which passes up through the chest to open into the jugular vein on the left side of the neck, where the chyle mixes with the blood.
The milk-like, alkaline contents of the lacteals and lymphatic vessels of the intestine, consisting of digestive products and principally absorbed fats. It is carried by the lymphatic vessels to the cisterna chyli, then through the thoracic duct to the left subclavian vein, where it enters the bloodstream. A large amount forms in 24 hr.
The fluid located within the lymphatic vessels of the intestines during the process of absorption. This fluid appears white due to its high fat content.