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Lymphatic System-3 PDF
Lymphatic System-3 PDF
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
• HUMAN HISTOLOGY
Veins
• Thymic veins drain to left brachiocephalic, internal thoracic
and inferior thyroid veins
• Occasionally directly into the superior vena cava
• One or more veins often emerge medially from each lobe of
the thymus to form a common trunk opening into the left
brachiocephalic vein
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Superficial groups
-Cervical
-Axillary
-Inguinal
Deep groups
-Tracheobronchial *
-Aortic
-Iliac
Drainage
-Superior R 1/4 of body: Right
lymphatic duct (green) *
-The rest: thoracic duct *
• Wuchereria bancroft