Quick Facts
Location: Along the upper margin of the pancreas.
Drainage: Pancreas.
Direction of Flow: Intestinal trunk and lateral aortic nodes > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The superior pancreatic nodes are located along the superior margin of the pancreas. There are three or four nodes in this group which accompany the splenic artery. These nodes receive lymph from the pancreas.
The efferent vessels of the superior pancreatic nodes terminate in the intestinal trunk and lateral aortic 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 superior pancreatic nodes are located along the superior margin of the pancreas. There are three or four nodes in this group which accompany the splenic artery. These nodes receive lymph from the pancreas.
The efferent vessels of the superior pancreatic nodes terminate in the intestinal trunk and lateral aortic nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
