Hopwood P R
Department of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
J Anat. 1988 Apr;157:181-95.
The superficial lymphatic system of the grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus is described. The description is based on dissections of 130 eastern grey kangaroos. The most significant difference found between the superficial lymphatic drainage pattern of kangaroos and that of the domestic species was the existence of large inguino-axillary lymphatic trunks in the kangaroo. Thus in the kangaroo, instead of lymph passing from the inguinal lymphocentre to the lumbar lymphatic trunks as is the situation in the domestic animals, lymph passes from the inguinal lymphocentre to the axillary lymphocentre. Apart from the lymph draining from the head and ventral neck (which passes to the superficial cervical lymphocentre) and lymph which may pass from the superficial lymphatic vessels to deeper lymphatic vessels, all the superficial lymphatic drainage of the kangaroo passes through the axillary lymphocentre. From the viewpoint of the meat inspection of the carcasses of kangaroos taken as game meat animals, pathology of the axillary lymphocentre may reflect disease in a much wider range of body regions than it would in a domestic animal.
本文描述了大灰袋鼠（Macropus giganteus）的浅表淋巴系统。该描述基于对130只东部灰袋鼠的解剖。袋鼠浅表淋巴引流模式与家畜之间最显著的差异在于袋鼠存在粗大的腹股沟-腋窝淋巴干。因此，在袋鼠中，淋巴不像家畜那样从腹股沟淋巴中心流向腰淋巴干，而是从腹股沟淋巴中心流向腋窝淋巴中心。除了从头部和颈部腹侧引流的淋巴（流向浅表颈淋巴中心）以及可能从浅表淋巴管流向深部淋巴管的淋巴外，袋鼠的所有浅表淋巴引流都通过腋窝淋巴中心。从作为野味肉类动物的袋鼠尸体肉类检验的角度来看，腋窝淋巴中心的病理学可能反映出比家畜更广泛身体区域的疾病。
