Quick Facts
Location: Accompanies the arterial arcades of the ileocolic and right and middle colic arteries.
Drainage: Ascending colon and proximal transverse colon.
Direction of Flow: Ileocolic, right and middle colic nodes > central superior mesenteric nodes > Intestinal trunk or left lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The paracolic superior mesenteric nodes are found adjacent to the arterial arcades on the surface of the ascending colon and proximal part of the transverse colon. They accompany the colic branch of the ileocolic artery. These nodes receive afferent vessels from the microscopic epicolic nodules within the serosa of the colon. There efferents pass to the ileocolic, right colic, and middle colic 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 paracolic superior mesenteric nodes are found adjacent to the arterial arcades on the surface of the ascending colon and proximal part of the transverse colon. They accompany the colic branch of the ileocolic artery. These nodes receive afferent vessels from the microscopic epicolic nodules within the serosa of the colon. There efferents pass to the ileocolic, right colic, and middle colic nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
