Mesenteric lymph nodes

Mesenteric lymph nodes
Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen
Regional lymph tissue
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Drains to	Intestinal lymph trunk
Identifiers
Latin	Nodi lymphoidei mesenterici
Anatomical terminology

The mesenteric lymph nodes are one of the three principal groups of superior mesenteric lymph nodes and lie between the layers of the mesentery.

They number from one hundred to one hundred and fifty, and are sited as two main groups:

• one ileocolic group lying close to the wall of the small intestine, among the terminal twigs of the superior mesenteric artery;
• a second larger mesocolic group placed in relation to the loops and primary branches of the vessels.

Additional images

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  The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process from the front.
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  The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process from behind.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 709 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)