Lymphoid organs
Retro-aortic nodes
Nodi retroaortici
- System
- Lymphoid organs
- Regions
- Trunk
- Part of
- Left lumbar nodes
DescriptionUnreviewed
The retroaortic lymph nodes (or postaortic lymph nodes) are placed below the cisterna chyli, on the bodies of the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae.
They receive lymphatic trunks from the lateral and preaortic glands, while their efferents end in the cisterna chyli.
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Names
- Latin
- Nodi retroaortici
- English
- Retro-aortic nodes
- French
- Lymphonoeuds rétro-aortiques
- Spanish
- Nodi postaortici
- Portuguese
- Nodi postaortici