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Lymph: Intestinal trunk
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Modes of origin of thoracic duct. (Poirier and Charpy.) a. Thoracic duct. a’. Cisterna chyli. b, c’ Efferent trunks from lateral aortic glands. d. An efferent vessel which pierces the left crus of the diaphragm. e. f. Lateral aortic glands. h. Retroaortic glands. i. Intestinal trunk. j. Descending branch from intercostal lymphatics.
Latin trunci intestinales
Gray's subject #176 691
Drains to Cisterna chyli
Dorlands/Elsevier t_20/12826034

The intestinal trunk receives the lymph from the stomach and intestine, from the pancreas and spleen, and from the lower and front part of the liver.

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Deep lymph nodes and vessels of the thorax and abdomen (diagrammatic).
 

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Lymphatic system
Bone marrow | Thymus (Hassall's corpuscles) | Spleen (White pulp, Periarteriolar lymphoid sheaths, Marginal zone, Red pulp) | Tonsils (Palatine, Lingual, Adenoid)

Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue: Gut-associated lymphoid tissue | Peyer's patches

Lymph nodes: Cervical lymph nodes | Common iliac lymph nodes Deep inguinal lymph nodes | External iliac lymph nodes | Inferior mesenteric lymph nodes | Internal iliac lymph nodes | Lateral aortic lymph nodes | Paraaortic lymph node | Preaortic lymph nodes | Paratracheal chain | Retroaortic lymph nodes | Sentinel lymph node | Superficial inguinal lymph nodes | Virchow's node

Lymph vessels: Thoracic duct | Right lymphatic duct | Cisterna chyli  | Lumbar trunk | Intestinal trunk

Lymph | Lymphocytes | Immune system

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