Bronchomediastinal trunks
Lymphatic trunks · Paired
Each trunk drains the lung, heart, thymus, oesophagus and parasternal chain of its own side; the right joins the right lymphatic duct and the left the thoracic duct, though either may open independently into the vein.
Traced from the start
Detail
- Receives
- Tracheobronchial and parasternal node efferents
- Right
- Right lymphatic duct
- Left
- Thoracic duct
- Variation
- Frequently drains directly into the venous angle
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