Quick Facts
Location: Accompanies the middle colic artery.
Drainage: Transverse colon.
Direction of Flow: Central superior mesenteric nodes > Intestinal trunk or left lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The middle colic nodes accompany the middle colic artery and its branches. They consist of two or three nodes which receive lymph from the proximal two thirds of the transverse colon. The efferent vessels of the middle colic nodes send lymph 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 middle colic nodes accompany the middle colic artery and its branches. They consist of two or three nodes which receive lymph from the proximal two thirds of the transverse colon. The efferent vessels of the middle colic nodes send lymph to the central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
