From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Superior mesenteric lymph nodes
Superior mesenteric lymph nodes
Lymph: Superior mesenteric lymph nodes Additional images
Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen (Superi-
or mesenteric is #1) • The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process
Latin nodi lymphoidei mesenterici superiores from the front.
• The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process
Gray’s subject #180 709 from behind.
Drains to preaortic lymph node This article was originally based on an entry from a public do-
The superior mesenteric lymph nodes may be divided in- main edition of Gray’s Anatomy. As such, some of the informa-
to three principal groups: tion contained within it may be outdated.
• mesenteric lymph nodes
• ileocolic lymph nodes
• mesocolic lymph nodes
Afferents
The superior mesenteric glands receive afferents from
the jejunum, ileum, cecum, vermiform process, and the
ascending and transverse parts of the colon; their effer-
ents pass to the preaortic glands.
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