Quick Facts
Location: Adjacent to the appendicular artery.
Drainage: Appendix and cecum.
Direction of Flow: Ileocolic and cecal nodes > central superior mesenteric nodes > Intestinal trunk or left lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The appendicular nodes, as the name suggests, are located around the vermiform appendix, adjacent to the appendicular artery. These nodes are inconsistently present; however, there is typically one located at the ileocecal angle. These nodes receive afferent vessels from the appendix and the cecum. Their efferent vessels may join the cecal or ileocecal nodes, or drain directly to the central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
References
Földi, M., Földi, E., Strößenreuther, R. and Kubik, S. (2012) Földi's Textbook of Lymphology: for Physicians and Lymphedema Therapists. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The appendicular nodes, as the name suggests, are located around the vermiform appendix, adjacent to the appendicular artery. These nodes are inconsistently present; however, there is typically one located at the ileocecal angle. These nodes receive afferent vessels from the appendix and the cecum. Their efferent vessels may join the cecal or ileocecal nodes, or drain directly to the central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
