Espiral AtlasCisterna chyli and abdominal lymphatic trunks
cisterna chyli
Anterior to the bodies of L1 and L2, between the right crus of the diaphragm and the aorta. In few individuals it is a thin-walled sac or dilatation; most often it is a simple or plexiform convergence.
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- Receives
- Drainage
Other structures in this region
- Lumbar (caval and aortic) lymph nodes
- Preaortic (celiac and mesenteric) lymph nodes
- Mesenteric and juxta-intestinal lymph nodes
- Gastric and gastro-omental lymph nodes
- Lymphatics of the kidneys, ureters and suprarenal glands
- Coeliac nodes
- Superior mesenteric (central) lymph nodes
- Ileocolic, prececal, retrocecal and appendicular lymph nodes