Subclavian trunk

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Lymph: Subclavian trunk
Terminal collecting trunks of right side. a. Jugular trunk. b. Subclavian trunk. c. Bronchomediastinal trunk. d. Right lymphatic trunk. e. Gland of internal mammary chain. f. Gland of deep cervical chain.
Latin	truncus subclavius
Gray's	subject #178 700
Source	axillary lymph nodes
Drains to	thoracic duct, right lymphatic duct
Dorlands/Elsevier	t_20/12826106

The efferent vessels of the subclavicular group unite to form the subclavian trunk, which opens either directly into the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins or into the jugular lymphatic trunk; on the left side it may end in the thoracic duct.

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