The efferent vessels of the

subclavicular group An apical (or medial or subclavicular) group of six to twelve glands is situated partly posterior to the upper portion of the Pectoralis minor and partly above the upper border of this muscle. Its only direct territorial afferents are those that ...

unite to form the subclavian trunk, which opens either directly into the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins or into the

jugular lymphatic trunk The jugular trunk is a lymphatic vessel in the neck. It is formed by vessels that emerge from the superior deep cervical lymph nodes and unite to efferents of the inferior deep cervical lymph nodes. On the right side, this trunk ends in the juncti ...

; on the left side it may end in the

thoracic duct In human anatomy, the thoracic duct is the larger of the two lymph ducts of the lymphatic system. It is also known as the ''left lymphatic duct'', ''alimentary duct'', ''chyliferous duct'', and ''Van Hoorne's canal''. The other duct is the righ ...

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* http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/lymph_thorax.html Lymphatics of the upper limb {{lymphatic-stub