Lymphoid organs
Intermediate lumbar nodes
Nodi lumbales intermedii
- System
- Lymphoid organs
- Regions
- Trunk
- Part of
- Visceral abdominal lymph nodes
DescriptionUnreviewed
Between the aorta and the inferior vena cava.
Around the inferior vena cava.
Their first function is to be a second relay for the lymph nodes located more caudally.
Secondly, they constitute a first relay for the draining of the suprarenal glands, kidneys, ureters, testis, ovaries, uterine tubes, uterine fundus and abdominal wall.
Feneis 306.7
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Names
- Latin
- Nodi lumbales intermedii
- English
- Intermediate lumbar nodes
- French
- Lymphonoeuds lombaux intermédiaires
- Spanish
- Nodos lumbares intermedios
- Portuguese
- Nódulos lombares intermediários