Superior mesenteric lymph nodes

Superior mesenteric lymph nodes
Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen (Superior mesenteric is #1)
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Drains to	preaortic lymph node
Identifiers
Latin	nodi lymphoidei mesenterici superiores
Anatomical terminology

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

• mesenteric lymph nodes
• ileocolic lymph nodes
• mesocolic lymph nodes

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.

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 page 709 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)