Lymph drainage

Question 1

Head and neck

Answer 1

Cervical

Question 2

Lungs

Answer 2

Hilar

Question 3

Trachea and esophagus

Answer 3

Mediastinal

Question 4

Upper limb, breast, skin above umbilicus

Answer 4

Axillary

Question 5

Liver, stomach, spleen, pancreas, upper

duodenum

Answer 5

Celiac

Question 6

Lower duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon to splenic flexure

Answer 6

Superior mesenteric

Question 7

Colon from splenic flexure to upper rectum

Answer 7

Inferior mesenteric

Question 8

Lower rectum to anal canal (above pectinate line), bladder, vagina (middle third), cervix, prostate

Answer 8

Internal iliac

Question 9

Testes, ovaries, kidneys, uterus

Answer 9

Para-aortic

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Superficial inguinal

Question 11

Dorsolateral foot, posterior calf

Answer 11

Popliteal

Question 12

Right lymphatic duct

Answer 12

drains right side of body above diaphragm

*drains R heart, R lung, R side of liver

Question 13

Thoracic duct

Answer 13

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