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

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)


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