Quick Facts
Location: Adjacent to the appendicular artery.
Drainage: Appendix and cecum.
Direction of Flow: Ileocolic and cecal nodes > central superior mesenteric nodes > Intestinal trunk or left lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The appendicular nodes receive afferent vessels from the appendix and the cecum. Their efferent vessels may join the cecal or ileocecal nodes, or drain directly 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 appendicular nodes receive afferent vessels from the appendix and the cecum. Their efferent vessels may join the cecal or ileocecal nodes, or drain directly to the central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
