Lymph Drainage

Question 1

Cervical

Answer 1

head and neck

Question 2

Mediastinal

Answer 2

Trachea and esophagus

Question 3

Hilar

Answer 3

lungs

Question 4

Axillary

Answer 4

Upper limbs, breasts, skin above umbilicus

Question 5

Celiac

Answer 5

Liver, upper duodenum, pancreas, stomach, spleen

Question 6

Superior mesenteric

Answer 6

Lower duodenum, jejunum, ilium, colon up to splenic flexure

Question 7

Inferior mesenteric

Answer 7

Colon after splenic flexure –> upper rectum

Question 8

Internal iliac

Answer 8

lower rectum –> anal canal (above the pectinate line), bladder, vagina (middle third), cervix, prostate

Question 9

Para aortic

Answer 9

Testicles, ovaries, kidneys, uterus

Question 10

Superficial inguinal

Answer 10

Anal canal (below pectinate line), skin below umbilicus (except popliteal area), scrotum, vulva

Question 11

Popliteal

Answer 11

Dorsolateral foot, posterior calf

Question 12

Right lymphatic duct

Answer 12

Drains right side of body above diaphragm

Question 13

Thoracic duct

Answer 13

Drains everything else into junction of left subclavian and internal jugular veins