Quick Facts
Location: Along the sigmoid artery.
Drainage: Sigmoid colon and distal part of descending colon.
Direction of Flow: Inferior mesenteric lymph nodes > preaortic and lateral aortic lymph nodes > intestinal trunk and left lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The sigmoid lymph vessels are located along the sigmoid arteries. The afferent sigmoid lymph vessels drain lymph from the distal part of the descending colon and the sigmoid colons and transmit lymph to the sigmoid lymph nodes.
The efferent sigmoid lymph vessels of the sigmoid nodes carry lymph to the inferior mesenteric lymph nodes, which drain into the cisterna chyli via the preaortic lymph nodes and the intestinal trunk, and the lateral aortic nodes and the left lumbar trunk.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The sigmoid lymph vessels are located along the sigmoid arteries. The afferent sigmoid lymph vessels drain lymph from the distal part of the descending colon and the sigmoid colons and transmit lymph to the sigmoid lymph nodes.
The efferent sigmoid lymph vessels of the sigmoid nodes carry lymph to the inferior mesenteric lymph nodes, which drain into the cisterna chyli via the preaortic lymph nodes and the intestinal trunk, and the lateral aortic nodes and the left lumbar trunk.
