Pararectal lymph nodes

Lymph: Pararectal lymph nodes
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Lymph Nodes of Female Pelvis (Pararectal is #9)
Lymphatics of colon.
Latin	nodi lymphoidei pararectales
Gray's	subject #180 710
Drains to	inferior mesenteric lymph nodes
Dorlands/Elsevier	n_09/12576842

The pararectal lymph nodes are in contact with the muscular coat of the rectum. They drain the descending iliac and sigmoid parts of the colon and the upper part of the rectum; their efferents pass to the preaortic glands.

See also

• Pectinate line

External links

• http://anatomy.uams.edu/AnatomyHTML/lymph_pelvis&perineum.html

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