Sacral lymph nodes

Sacral lymph nodes

Sacral is #3
Details
Drains to common iliac lymph nodes
Latin nodi lymphoidei sacrales

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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