Quick Facts
Location: Surrounding the urinary bladder.
Drainage: Urinary bladder.
Direction of Flow: External and Internal iliac lymph nodes > 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 paravesical lymph vessels drain lymph from the urinary bladder and transport it to the paravesical lymph nodes (further subdivided into the prevesical, lateral vesical, and postvesical (retrovesical) lymph nodes, which are found anterior, lateral, and posterior to the urinary bladder, respectively).
The efferent paravesical lymph vessels drain to the external and internal iliac lymph nodes, returning lymph to the lateral aortic (left) and caval lymph nodes (right) and the left and right lumbar lymph trunks.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The paravesical lymph vessels drain lymph from the urinary bladder and transport it to the paravesical lymph nodes (further subdivided into the prevesical, lateral vesical, and postvesical (retrovesical) lymph nodes, which are found anterior, lateral, and posterior to the urinary bladder, respectively).
The efferent paravesical lymph vessels drain to the external and internal iliac lymph nodes, returning lymph to the lateral aortic (left) and caval lymph nodes (right) and the left and right lumbar lymph trunks.
