Superficial Inguinal Lymph Vessels
Vasa lymphatica inguinales superficiales
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Location: Adjacent to the great saphenous vein.
Drainage: Superficial layers of abdominal wall (inferior to umbilicus), gluteal region, external genitalia, perineum, and skin of the lower limb.
Direction of Flow: External iliac lymph nodes and deep inguinal 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
The superficial inguinal lymph vessels are located within the subcutaneous fat adjacent to the great saphenous vein. In general, the superficial inguinal lymph vessels drain the skin inferior to the umbilicus, the external genitalia, gluteal region, perineum, and lower limb. Their efferent vessels pass into the external iliac nodes, with some intercalated vessels passing to the deep inguinal lymph nodes.
