Mesenteric lymph nodes

Lymph: Mesenteric lymph nodes
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Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen
Regional lymph tissue
Latin	nodi lymphoidei mesenterici
Gray's	subject #180 709
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_09/12576745

The mesenteric lymph nodes lie between the layers of the mesentery.

They vary from one hundred to one hundred and fifty in number, and may be grouped into three sets, viz.:

• one lying close to the wall of the small intestine, among the terminal twigs of the superior mesenteric artery;

• a second, in relation to the loops and primary branches of the vessels;

• and a third along the trunk of the artery.

Additional images

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  The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process from the front.

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  The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process from behind.

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