[2][3] The right lymphatic duct courses along the medial border of the anterior scalene at the root of the neck.

[citation needed] A right lymphatic duct that enters directly into the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins is uncommon.

[4] The right duct drains lymph fluid from: All other sections of the human body are drained by the thoracic duct.

[7] The discovery of this structure has been credited to Niels Stensen.

[8] This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 691 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)