jugular trunk

jugular trunk
jugular trunk n either of two major lymph vessels that drain the head and neck:
a) one on the right that empties into the right lymphatic duct or into the right subclavian vein where it joins the right internal jugular vein
b) one on the left that empties into the thoracic trunk

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truncus jugularis.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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