Quick Facts
Location: Accompanies the left gastroomental artery.
Drainage: Upper territory of stomach and greater omentum.
Direction of Flow: Superior pancreatic and splenic nodes > hepatic nodes > celiac nodes > intestinal trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The left gastroomental nodes receive afferent vessels from the upper aspect of the stomach and greater omentum (Földi et al., 2012). The efferent vessels of the left gastroomental nodes drain to the superior pancreatic and splenic 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 left gastroomental nodes receive afferent vessels from the upper aspect of the stomach and greater omentum (Földi et al., 2012). The efferent vessels of the left gastroomental nodes drain to the superior pancreatic and splenic nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
