Ileocolic lymph nodes

Ileocolic lymph nodes

Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen.
2 = Ileocolic Lymph Nodes
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Latin Nodi lymphoidei ileocolici
Dorlands
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Anatomical terminology

The ileocolic lymph nodes, from ten to twenty in number, form a chain around the ileocolic artery, but tend to subdivide into two groups, one near the duodenum and the other on the lower part of the trunk of the artery. Where the vessel divides into its terminal branches the chain is broken up into several groups:

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

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