Quick Facts
Location: Around the cardia of stomach.
Drainage: Cardia of stomach.
Direction of Flow: Gastric and celiac nodes > Intestinal trunk or preaortic and lateral aortic nodes > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The nodes around the cardia form a lymphatic ring around the cardia of the stomach. These nodes receive afferent vessels from the cardia of the stomach and deliver lymph to the gastric and celiac 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 nodes around the cardia form a lymphatic ring around the cardia of the stomach. These nodes receive afferent vessels from the cardia of the stomach and deliver lymph to the gastric and celiac nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
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