Quick Facts
Location: Accompany the posterior cecal artery.
Drainage: Cecum and appendix.
Direction of Flow: Ileocolic nodes > central superior mesenteric nodes > Intestinal trunk or left lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The retrocecal nodes accompany the posterior cecal artery, specifically on the posterior surface of the ileocecal transition and inferior towards the vermiform appendix. They receive afferent vessels from the cecum and appendix, and drain into the ileocolic or 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 retrocecal nodes accompany the posterior cecal artery, specifically on the posterior surface of the ileocecal transition and inferior towards the vermiform appendix. They receive afferent vessels from the cecum and appendix, and drain into the ileocolic or central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
