Celiac lymph nodes

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Lymph: Celiac lymph nodes
Lymphatics of stomach, etc.
Lymphatics of stomach, etc. The stomach has been turned upward.
Latin nodi lymphoidei coeliaci
Gray's subject #180 706
Drains to preaortic lymph node
Dorlands/Elsevier n_09/12576398

The visceral glands are associated with the branches of the celiac, superior and inferior mesenteric arteries. Those related to the branches of the celiac artery (the celiac lymph nodes) form three sets, gastric, hepatic, and pancreaticolienal.

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