Lymph node cluster/Area of body drained

Question 1

Cervical

Answer 1

Head and neck

Question 2

Hilar

Answer 2

Lungs

Question 3

Mediastinal

Answer 3

Trachea and esophagus

Question 4

Axillary

Answer 4

Upper limbs, breast, skin above umbilicus

Question 5

Celiac

Answer 5

Liver, stomach, spleen, pancreas, upper duodenum

Question 6

Superior mesenteric

Answer 6

Lower duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon to splenic flexure

Question 7

Inferior mesenteric

Answer 7

Colon from splenic flexure to upper rectum

Question 8

Internal iliac

Answer 8

Lower rectum to anal canal (above pectinate line), bladder, vagina (middle third), cervix, prostate

Question 9

Para-aortic

Answer 9

Testes, ovaries, kidneys, uterus

Question 10

Superficial inguinal

Answer 10

Anal canal (below pectinate line), skin below umbilicus (except popliteal area), scrotum, vulva

Question 11

Popliteal

Answer 11

Dorsolateral foot, posterior calf

Question 12

Right lymphatic duct

Answer 12

Right side of body above diaphragm

Question 13

Thoracic duct

Answer 13

Everything else into junction of left subclavian and internal jugular veins