Celiac lymph nodes

Lymph: Celiac lymph nodes
Lymphatics of stomach, etc.
Lymphatics of stomach, etc. The stomach has been turned upward.
Latin	nodi lymphoidei coeliaci
Gray's	subject #180 706
Drains to	preaortic lymph node
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_09/12576398

The visceral glands are associated with the branches of the celiac, superior and inferior mesenteric arteries. Those related to the branches of the celiac artery (the celiac lymph nodes) form three sets, gastric, hepatic, and pancreaticolienal.

• gastric lymph nodes
• hepatic lymph nodes
• splenic lymph nodes

Additional images

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  Visceral Nodes of the Abdominal Cavity

External links

• http://dave1.mgh.harvard.edu/ViewFilms.cfm?Film_id=55

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