Subclavian lymph trunk

Subclavian lymph trunk

Terminal collecting trunks of right side. a. Jugular trunk. b. Subclavian trunk. c. Bronchomediastinal trunk. d. Right lymphatic trunk. e. Gland of internal mammary chain. f. Gland of deep cervical chain.
Details
Source axillary lymph nodes
Drains to thoracic duct, right lymphatic duct
Identifiers
Latin truncus subclavius
Dorlands
/Elsevier
t_20/12826106
TA A12.4.01.003
FMA 12252

Anatomical terminology

The efferent vessels of the subclavicular group unite to form the subclavian trunk, which opens either directly into the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins or into the jugular lymphatic trunk; on the left side it may end in the thoracic duct.

References

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


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