Quick Facts
Location: Adjacent to the arterial arcades.
Drainage: Small intestine.
Direction of Flow: Central superior mesenteric nodes > Intestinal trunk or left lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The juxtaintestinal mesenteric nodes accompany the arterial arcades that are found adjacent to the small intestine within the mesentery. These are the most peripheral of the superior mesenteric lymph nodes. They receive afferent lymph vessels from the entire small intestine and send efferents 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 juxtaintestinal mesenteric nodes accompany the arterial arcades that are found adjacent to the small intestine within the mesentery. These are the most peripheral of the superior mesenteric lymph nodes. They receive afferent lymph vessels from the entire small intestine and send efferents to the central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
