Sacral lymph nodes

Sacral lymph nodes

Sacral is #3
Details
Latin nodi lymphoidei sacrales
Drains to
common iliac lymph nodes
Identifiers
Gray's p.704
Anatomical terminology

The sacral lymph nodes are placed in the concavity of the sacrum, in relation to the middle and lateral sacral arteries; they receive lymphatics from the rectum and posterior wall of the pelvis.

References

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

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