Quick Facts
Location: Adjacent to the arterial arcades.
Drainage: Small intestine.
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 juxtaintestinal mesenteric nodes receive afferent lymph vessels from the entire small intestine and send efferents 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 juxtaintestinal mesenteric nodes receive afferent lymph vessels from the entire small intestine and send efferents to the central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
