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Intestinal trunk
| Lymph: Intestinal 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 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier |
t_20/12826034 |
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.
Additional images
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Lymphatics of torso |
| Chest |
Right lymphatic duct - Thoracic duct (spans diaphragm)
Bronchomediastinal trunk (Tracheobronchial, Parasternal) - Intercostal |
| Abdomen |
Cisterna chyli
Lumbar trunk - lumbar/paraaortic: Retroaortic - Lateral aortic - iliac: Common (External, Internal, Sacral)
Intestinal trunk - preaortic: Celiac (Gastric, Hepatic, Splenic) - Superior mesenteric (Mesenteric, Ileocolic, Mesocolic) - Inferior mesenteric (Pararectal) |
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Intestinal_trunk". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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