Subclavian lymph trunk

Subclavian lymph trunk
File:Gray601.png 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
System	Lymphatic system
Source	Axillary lymph nodes
Drains to	Thoracic duct, right lymphatic duct
Identifiers
Latin	truncus subclavius
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

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

External links

• http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/lymph_thorax.html