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