Inferior mesenteric lymph nodes
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| Lymph: Inferior mesenteric lymph nodes | ||
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| Lymphatics of colon. (Inferior mesenteric labeled at bottom center.) | ||
| Latin | nodi lymphoidei mesenterici inferiores | |
| Gray's | subject #180 710 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_09/12576750 | |
The inferior mesenteric glands consist of:
- (a) small glands on the branches of the left colic and sigmoid arteries
- (b) a group in the sigmoid mesocolon, around the superior hemorrhoidal artery
- (c) a pararectal group in contact with the muscular coat of the rectum
They drain the descending iliac and sigmoid parts of the colon and the upper part of the rectum; their efferents pass to the preaortic glands.
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Regional lymph tissue |
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