Named lymph nodes Flashcards
Where are the pre aortic lymph nodes?
lie on the anterior aorta at the location of the visceral arterial trunks
What are the pre aortic lymph nodes?
Celiac
Superior messenteric
inferior messenteric
What does the celiac lymph nodes drain?
forgut structures
What does the superior mesenteric lymph nodes drains?
midgut structure
What does the inferior mesenteric lymph nodes drain?
hind gut structures
What is the lymph flow of the pre aortic nodes?
Superior messenteric/inferior messenteric -> Celiac -> intestinal trunk
How does lymph from the intestinal tract flow?
follows he arterial supply but in opposite direction
Where are the lateral nodes?
nodes lie along the sides of the aorta and vena cava
From where does the lateral nodes receive lymph?
body wall and primarily retroperitoneal organs
What are other names for the lateral nodes?
para aortic
para caval
lumbar nodes
What are the lymph nodes that drain the stomach?
Gastro-omental lymph nodes; Gastric nodes Pyloric nodes Cardiac nodes all drain to the celiac
What are the nodes that drain the spleen?
Splenic nodes → Pancreaticosplenic nodes
all drain to the celiac
Hilum of spleen
Where does the cystic nodes drain?
hepatic nodes
all to the celiac
What are the nodes that drain the pancreas?
Pancreaticoduodenal nodes → Pyloric nodes
Pancreaticosplenic nodes (both go to the celiac)
superior pancreatico-duodenal,inferior pancreaticoduodenal (both go to Superior mesenteric)
Where does the bare area of the liver drain?
inferior phrenic nodes
