Intestinal trunk

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Gut lymph nodes and collecting trunks of humans

The intestinal trunk ("intestinal trunk") is an unpaired lymphatic trunk in the abdominal cavity . In humans it collects the lymph from the intestinal lymph nodes ( Nodi lymphoidei intestinales or Nll. Preaortici ). At the level of the diaphragm it unites with the two loin trunks to form the loin cistern ( Cisterna chyli ).

In animal anatomy, only the outflow trunk of the anterior mesenteric lymph center ( Lymphocentrum mesentericum craniale ) is referred to as the intestinal trunk . In horses, sometimes also in goats, it flows directly into the loin cistern. In predators and even-toed ungulates, however, it usually unites with the celiac trunk to form the visceral trunk ( Truncus visceralis ), which then pulls into the lumbar cistern.

literature

  • Mark Buchta: Das Physikum: Compendium on the 1st section of the medical examination - with access to the Elsevier portal . Urban & FischerVerlag 2009, ISBN 9783437430510 , p. 201.
  • Uwe Gille: Cardiovascular and immune system, Angiologia . In: F.-V. Salomon et al. (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine . Enke-Verlag Stuttgart, 2nd edition 2008, pp. 404–463. ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1