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Lumbar lymph trunk

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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
SystemLymphatic system
SourceLateral aortic lymph nodes
Drains toCisterna chyli
Identifiers
Latintruncus lumbalis
TA98A12.4.01.013
FMA12765
Anatomical terminology

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

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 691 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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