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Quick Facts
Location: Anterior to inferior vena cava.
Drainage: suprarenal glands, kidneys, ureters, testes/ovaries, uterus, and uterine tubes.
Direction of Flow: Right lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The precaval lymph vessels drain lymph from the suprarenal glands, kidneys, ureters, testes/ovaries, uterus, uterine tubes, and drain it into the precaval lymph nodes. The efferent precaval lymph vessels join the right lumbar trunk, which subsequently returns lymph to the cisterna chyli.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The precaval lymph vessels drain lymph from the suprarenal glands, kidneys, ureters, testes/ovaries, uterus, uterine tubes, and drain it into the precaval lymph nodes. The efferent precaval lymph vessels join the right lumbar trunk, which subsequently returns lymph to the cisterna chyli.
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