External iliac lymph nodes
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| Lymph: External iliac lymph nodes | ||
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| Common Iliac Lymph Nodes 1. Medial common iliac 2. Intermediate common iliac 3. Lateral common iliac 4. Subaortic common iliac 5. Common iliac nodes of promontory External Iliac Lymph Nodes 6. Medial external iliac 7. Intermediate external iliac 8. Lateral external iliac 9. Medial lacunar (femoral) 10. Intermediate lacunar (femoral) 11. Lateral lacunar (femoral) 12. Interiliac external iliac 13. Obturator (external iliac obturatory) | ||
| Regional lymph tissue | ||
| Latin | nodi lymphoidei iliaci externi | |
| Gray's | subject #180 703 | |
| Drains from | Inguinal lymph node | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_09/12576535 | |
The external iliac lymph nodes, from eight to ten in number, lie along the external iliac vessels.
They are arranged in three groups, one on the lateral, another on the medial, and a third on the anterior aspect of the vessels; the third group is, however, sometimes absent.
Their principal afferents are derived from the inguinal lymph nodes, the deep lymphatics of the abdominal wall below the umbilicus and of the adductor region of the thigh, and the lymphatics from the glans penis vel clitoridis, the membranous urethra, the prostate, the fundus of the bladder, the cervix uteri, and upper part of the vagina.
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Iliopelvic glands (lateral view). |
Lymphatics of the prostate. |
Deep lymph nodes and vessels of the thorax and abdomen. |
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