Abdominal lymphatics

Question 1

celiac lymph node cluster drains…..

Answer 1

liver, stomach, spleen, pancreas, upper duodenum

Question 2

superior mesenteri plexus drains….

Answer 2

lower duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon up to splenic flexure

Question 3

inferior mesenteric plexus drains….

Answer 3

colon (from splenic flexure to upper rectum)

Question 4

internal iliac lymph node cluster drains…..

Answer 4

lower rectum to anal canal (above pectinate line

Question 5

para-aortic lymph node cluster drains…..

Answer 5

testes, ovaries, kidneys, uterus

Question 6

superficial inguinal lymph node cluster drains…..

Answer 6

anal canal (below pectinate line) 
most skin below umbilicus, scrotum

Question 7

deep inguinal

Answer 7

lower extremity

Question 8

Paracolic gutters

Answer 8

lateral to ascending and descending colon. (left and right paracolic gutters)

Question 9

greater and lesser sacs

Answer 9

greater sac accessed by incision to the anterior abdominal wall

lesser sac (AKA omental bursa) is posterior to stomach and less omentum)

Question 10

supracolic and infracolic compartments

Answer 10

transverse mesocolon distinguishes them, infracolic is further subdivided by THE mesentery into right and left infracolic spaces

Question 11

phrenicocolic ligament

Answer 11

off the splenic flexure to the wall of the abdomen