Group · Lymphoid organs

Inferior mesenteric nodes

Nodi mesenterici inferiores

System: Lymphoid organs
Regions: Trunk
Part of: Visceral abdominal lymph nodes

DescriptionUnreviewed

The inferior mesenteric lymph nodes consist of:

(a) small glands on the branches of the left colic and sigmoid arteries (b) a group in the sigmoid mesocolon, around the superior hemorrhoidal artery (c) a pararectal group in contact with the muscular coat of the rectum

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Parts

Left colic nodes
Sigmoid nodes

Names

Latin: Nodi mesenterici inferiores
English: Inferior mesenteric nodes
French: Lymphonoeuds mésentériques inférieurs
Spanish: Nodos mesentéricos inferiores
Portuguese: Nódulos mesentéricos inferiores

In the same group

Coeliac nodes
Hepatic nodes
Intermediate lumbar nodes
Pancreatic nodes
Pancreaticoduodenal nodes
Pyloric nodes
Right gastric nodes
Right gastro-omental nodes
Splenic nodes
Superior mesenteric nodes