Mesenteric lymph nodes

Mesenteric lymph nodes
Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen
Regional lymph tissue
Details
Drains to	Intestinal lymph trunk
Latin	Nodi lymphoidei mesenterici
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_09/12576745
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The mesenteric lymph nodes lie between the layers of the mesentery.

They vary from one hundred to one hundred and fifty in number, and may be grouped into three sets, viz.:

• one lying close to the wall of the small intestine, among the terminal twigs of the superior mesenteric artery;
• a second, in relation to the loops and primary branches of the vessels;
• and a third along the trunk of the artery.

Additional images

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  The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process from the front.

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  The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process from behind.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)