Quick Facts
Location: Accompany the ileocolic artery.
Drainage: Terminal ileum and appendix.
Direction of Flow: Central superior mesenteric nodes > Intestinal trunk or left lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The ileocolic nodes are a chain of 10–20 nodes that accompany the ileocolic artery. They receive afferents from the terminal ilium, as well as the paracolic, prececal, retrocecal, and appendicular nodes. Their efferents lead 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 ileocolic nodes are a chain of 10–20 nodes that accompany the ileocolic artery. They receive afferents from the terminal ilium, as well as the paracolic, prececal, retrocecal, and appendicular nodes. Their efferents lead to the central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
