Fill in the Blanks Lymphatic vessels part 2Online version This activity will help to retain information about the lymphatic vessels by Leah Lloyd 1 ducts neck subclavian lumbar capillaries head chyli thorax abdomen digestive thinner cisterna veins valves extremity nodes trunks thorax vessels The microscopic lymph merge to form lymphatic . These vessels are similar to in structure , but they have walls and more than veins . Small lymphatic vessels join to form larger tributaries , called lymphatic , which drain large regions . Lymphatic trunks merge until the lymph enters the two lymphatic . The right lymphatic duct receives lymph from the vessels in the upper right side of the and , the right upper , and the right side of the . The right lymphatic duct empties into the right vein . The thoracic duct collects the lymph from the remaining regions of the body . The thoracic duct begins in the upper and ascends through the to empty into the left subclavian vein . The beginning of the thoracic duct is called the . The cisterna chyli collects lymph from the two trunks that drain the lower limbs and from the intestinal trunk that drains the organs . Lymph that filter the lymph are located along the various routes of the lymphatic system .