Mesocolic lymph nodes

Lymph: Mesocolic lymph nodes
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Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen
Latin	nodi lymphoidei mesocolici
Gray's	subject #180 709
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_09/12576776

The mesocolic lymph nodes are numerous, and lie between the layers of the transverse mesocolon, in close relation to the transverse colon; they are best developed in the neighborhood of the right and left colic flexures.

One or two small glands are occasionally seen along the trunk of the right colic artery and others are found in relation to the trunk and branches of the middle colic 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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