Quick Facts
Location: Accompany the ileocolic artery.
Drainage: Terminal ileum and appendix.
Direction of Flow: Central superior mesenteric nodes > Intestinal trunk or left lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The ileocolic nodes receive afferents from the terminal ilium, as well as the paracolic, prececal, retrocecal, and appendicular nodes. Their efferents lead 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 ileocolic nodes receive afferents from the terminal ilium, as well as the paracolic, prececal, retrocecal, and appendicular nodes. Their efferents lead to the central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
