Superior mesenteric lymph nodes

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Lymph: Superior mesenteric lymph nodes
Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen (Superior mesenteric is #1)
Latin	nodi lymphoidei mesenterici superiores
Gray's	subject #180 709
Drains to	preaortic lymph node
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_09/12576763

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

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Additional images

The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process from the front.

The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process from behind.

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