Splenic lymph nodes

The splenic lymph nodes are found at the splenic hilum and in relation to the tail of the pancreas (pancreaticolienal lymph nodes).[1][2]

Splenic lymph nodes
Lymphatics of stomach, etc.
Lymphatics of stomach, etc. The stomach has been turned upward.
Details
SystemLymphatic system
Drains toceliac lymph nodes
Identifiers
Latinnodi lymphoidei splenici
Anatomical terminology

Their afferents are derived from the stomach, spleen, and pancreas. The splenic lymph nodes empty into the suprapancreatic, infrapancreatic and omental lymph nodes, which then drain to the coeliac nodes and cisterna chyli.[1][2]

Additional images
  • Visceral nodes of the abdominal cavity


References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 706 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. Standring, Susan. Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice (41st ed.). Philadelphia. ISBN 9780702052309. OCLC 920806541.
  2. Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F., II; Agur, A. M. R. Clinically oriented anatomy (7th ed.). Philadelphia. ISBN 1451119453. OCLC 813301028.


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