Ileocolic lymph nodes

Ileocolic lymph nodes
Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen. 2 = Ileocolic Lymph Nodes
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Latin	Nodi lymphoidei ileocolici
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_09/12576494
Anatomical terminology []

The ileocolic lymph nodes, from ten to twenty in number, form a chain around the ileocolic artery, but tend to subdivide into two groups, one near the duodenum and the other on the lower part of the trunk of the artery. Where the vessel divides into its terminal branches the chain is broken up into several groups:

The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process from the front.

The lymphatics of cecum and vermiform process from behind.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)