| Lymph: Intestinal lymph trunk | |
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| Modes of origin of thoracic duct. (Poirier and Charpy.) a. Thoracic duct. a’. Cisterna chyli. b, c’ Efferent trunks from lateral aortic glands. d. An efferent vessel which pierces the left crus of the diaphragm. e. f. Lateral aortic glands. h. Retroaortic glands. i. Intestinal trunk. j. Descending branch from intercostal lymphatics. | |
| Latin | trunci intestinales |
| Gray's | subject #176 691 |
| Source | preaortic lymph node |
| Drains to | cisterna chyli |
The intestinal trunk receives the lymph from the stomach and intestine, from the pancreas and spleen, and from the lower and front part of the liver, and empties lymph into the cisterna chyli, which in turn drains into the thoracic duct.
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 Deep lymph nodes and vessels of the thorax and abdomen (diagrammatic). |
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