Venous angle
Venous angle (Pirogoff's angle, Latin: angulus venosus) is the junction of the internal jugular (Latin: v. jugularis interna) and subclavian (Latin: v. subclavia) veins at both sides of the neck. The external and the anterior jugular and the vertebral veins converge toward it. The left venous angle receives lymph from the thoracic duct (Latin: ductus thoracicus). The right venous angle receives lymph from the right lymphatic trunk (Latin: truncus lymphaticus). Truncus lymphaticus 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.
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