Quick Facts
Location: Along the external iliac artery and vein.
Drainage: Deep layers of the abdominal wall, viscera of pelvis, perineum, and lower limb via the inguinal lymph nodes.
Direction of Flow: Common iliac lymph nodes > Lateral aortic lymph nodes (left) and lateral caval lymph nodes (right) > left and right lumbar lymph trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The external iliac lymph vessels are situated along the external iliac artery and vein. They drain lymph received by the medial, intermediate, lateral, interiliac and obturator lymph nodes. These nodes receive lymph from the deep layers of the abdominal wall, below the umbilicus, pelvic viscera (including the fundus of the bladder, urethra, cervix, superior part of the vagina and prostate), the perineum and from the inguinal lymph nodes.
The external iliac lymph vessels send lymph to the common iliac lymph nodes, which send lymph to the lateral aortic and caval lymph nodes of the left and right side, respectively.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The external iliac lymph vessels are situated along the external iliac artery and vein. They drain lymph received by the medial, intermediate, lateral, interiliac and obturator lymph nodes. These nodes receive lymph from the deep layers of the abdominal wall, below the umbilicus, pelvic viscera (including the fundus of the bladder, urethra, cervix, superior part of the vagina and prostate), the perineum and from the inguinal lymph nodes.
The external iliac lymph vessels send lymph to the common iliac lymph nodes, which send lymph to the lateral aortic and caval lymph nodes of the left and right side, respectively.
