Pelvic lymphatics

Question 1

What is the flow of pelvic lymphatic drainage?

Answer 1

Pelvic viscera drain into internal and external artery-associated lymph nodes which drain to the common iliac artery-associated lymph nodes which drain to the lateral nodes of the abdominal aorta which drain to the lumbar trunks which drain to the thoracic duct.

Question 2

What is the lymphatic flow of the uterus?

Answer 2

They drain directly to aortolateral or preaortic nodes

Question 3

Which lymph nodes drain the gluteal and deep perineal region?

Answer 3

The nodes associated with the internal iliac artery