Intestinal lymph trunk

Intestinal lymph trunk
Modes of origin of thoracic duct. 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.
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Drains from	Preaortic lymph node
Drains to	Cisterna chyli
Identifiers
Latin	trunci intestinales
TA98	A12.4.01.014
TA2	5148
FMA	70775
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

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.

External links

• Description at uams.edu

Additional images

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  Deep lymph nodes and vessels of the thorax and abdomen (diagrammatic).