Lumbar lymph trunk

Lumbar lymph trunk
Deep lymph nodes and vessels of the thorax and abdomen (diagrammatic). Afferent vessels are represented by continuous lines, and efferent and internodular vessels by dotted lines. (Lumbar labeled at center right.)
Details
Source	lateral aortic lymph nodes
Drains to	cisterna chyli
Identifiers
Latin	truncus lumbalis
TA	A12.4.01.013
FMA	12765
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The lumbar trunks are formed by the union of the efferent vessels from the lateral aortic lymph nodes.

They receive the lymph from the lower limbs, from the walls and viscera of the pelvis, from the kidneys and suprarenal glands and the deep lymphatics of the greater part of the abdominal wall.

Ultimately, the lumbar trunks empty into the cisterna chyli, a dilatation at the beginning of the thoracic duct.

References

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

Head and neck

Head

Back	Occipital Mastoid/retroauricular Parotid Superficial Deep preauricular infra-auricular intraglandular

Front	Facial buccinator nasolabial Mandibular Submandibular Submental

Superficial	anterior lateral

Deep	Deep anterior cervical pretracheal paratracheal prelaryngeal thyroid Deep lateral cervical superior deep cervical inferior deep cervical retropharyngeal jugulodigastric jugulo-omohyoid

Other	Anterior cervical Lateral cervical Supraclavicular Virchow's

Vessels

Arm and axilla

Nodes	Axillary Brachial Pectoral Subscapular Central Apical Arm Supratrochlear Deltopectoral

Vessels	Subclavian lymph trunk

Chest

Nodes	Parasternal Intercostal Superior diaphragmatic Trachea and bronchi superior inferior bronchopulmonary paratracheal intrapulmonary

Vessels	Thoracic duct Right lymphatic duct Bronchomediastinal lymph trunk

Abdomen

Nodes

Paraaortic	Retroaortic Lateral aortic Preaortic (Celiac gastric hepatic splenic Superior mesenteric mesenteric ileocolic mesocolic Inferior mesenteric pararectal)

Other	Iliac Common external internal Sacral Retroperitoneal lymph nodes

Vessels

Leg

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