Inferior Superficial Inguinal Nodes
Nodi inguinales superficiales inferiores
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Location: Associated with the great saphenous and lateral accessory saphenous veins.
Drainage: External genitalia, perineum, skin of the lower limb, gluteal region.
Direction of Flow: External iliac lymph nodes and deep inguinal lymph nodes > common iliac lymph nodes > lateral aortic lymph nodes (left) and lateral caval lymph nodes (right) > left and right lumbar lymph trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
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Description
The inferior superficial inguinal lymph nodes usually contain on average four nodes. They are located above the sartorius muscle, just lateral to the saphenous opening.
The inferior superficial inguinal lymph nodes drain lymph from the external genitalia, perineum, skin of the lower limb. Their efferent vessels pass to the external iliac nodes, with some intercalated vessels passing to the deep inguinal lymph nodes.
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