The venous angle, also known as Pirogoff's angle and in Latin as angulus venosus, is the junction where the internal jugular (Latin: ''v. jugularis interna'') and subclavian (Latin: ''v. subclavia'') veins at each side of the neck merge to form the corresponding

brachiocephalic vein The left and right brachiocephalic veins (previously called innominate veins) are major veins in the upper chest, formed by the union of each corresponding internal jugular vein and subclavian vein. This is at the level of the sternoclavicular ...

.http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/venous+angle The Free Dictionary The left venous angle receives lymph from 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 rig ...

(Latin: ''ductus thoracicus''). The right venous angle receives lymph from the right lymphatic trunk (Latin: ''truncus lymphaticus''). The (right) lymphatic trunk is only about 1 cm long and conveys lymph from the right side of the thorax (including parts of the liver) as well as the right arm and parts of the head and neck. The eponym is a reference to

Nikolay Pirogov Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (Russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Пирого́в; — ) was a Russian scientist, medical doctor, pedagogue, public figure, and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1847), one of the ...

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