Superior mesenteric lymph nodes

Superior mesenteric lymph nodes

Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen (Superior mesenteric is #1)
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Drains to preaortic lymph node
Latin nodi lymphoidei mesenterici superiores

Anatomical terminology

The superior mesenteric lymph nodes may be divided into three principal groups:

Afferents

The superior mesenteric glands receive afferents from the jejunum, ileum, cecum, vermiform process, and the ascending and transverse parts of the colon; their efferents pass to the preaortic glands.

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References

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



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