| retrocaecal lymph nodes | Nodes located behind the caecum draining lymph into the ileocolic nodes. Synonym: nodi lymphatici retrocaecales. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| retropharyngeal lymph nodes | The three groups of lymph nodes, one median and two lateral, located between the pharynx and the prevertebral fascia; they receive lymph from the nasopharynx, the auditory tube, and the atlanto-occipital and atlantoaxial joints. Synonym: nodi lymphatici retropharyngeales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retropyloric lymph nodes | A group of lymph nodes located behind the pylorus. Synonym: nodi retropylorici, retropyloric nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesenteric lymph nodes | Nodes located in the mesentery; they are of three classes: mesenteric lymph nodes, juxta-intestinal lymph nodes, and the superior middle group of mesenteric lymph nodes. Synonym: nodi lymphatici mesenterici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mesocolic lymph nodes | Nodes located in the mesocolon; they are of two classes: para-colic lymph nodes, located in immediate proximity to the colon; colic lymph nodes located along the arteries supplying the colon. Synonym: nodi lymphatici mesocolici, nodi lymphatici paracolici. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right colic lymph nodes | Nodes located along the right colic artery that drain the upper part of the ascending colon. Synonym: nodi lymphatici colici dextri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastric lymph nodes | Small nodes along the course of the right gastric artery that drain part of the lesser curvature of the stomach. Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastrici dextri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right gastro-omental lymph nodes | Nodes located in the greater omentum along the right gastroepiploic artery that drain part of the greater curvature of the stomach and the greater omentum. Synonym: nodi lymphatici gastro-omentales dextri, right gastro-omental lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| right lumbar lymph nodes | The chain of lymph nodes associated with the inferior vena cava; it is divided into three groups: nodi lymphatici cavales laterales on the right of the inferior vena cava; nodi lymphatici precavales, in front of the inferior vena cava; nodi lymphatici postcavales, under nodus lymphaticus, behind the inferior vena cava. Synonym: nodi lymphatici lumbales dextri, lumbar lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle colic lymph nodes | Nodes along the middle colic artery and its branches that drain the right colic flexure and most of the transverse colon. Synonym: nodi lymphatici colici medii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| middle group of mesenteric lymph nodes | The mesenteric lymph nodes located along the intestinal (jejunal and ileal) branches of the superior mesenteric artery. Synonym: nodi lymphatici superiores centrales, central mesenteric lymph nodes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coeliac lymph nodes | Nodes located along the coeliac trunk which drain lymph from the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, spleen, and biliary tract and drain to the cisterna chyli via the right and left intestinal lymphatic trunks. Synonym: nodi lymphatici coeliaci, coeliac glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| colic lymph nodes | colic lymph nodes |
| common iliac lymph nodes | Nodes located in association with the common iliac vein; they are subdivided into five groups: intermediate (anterior) common iliac lymph nodes, between the common iliac artery and vein; lateral common iliac lymph nodes lateral to the vein; medial common iliac lymph nodes, medial to the vein; promontory common iliac lymph nodes at the sacral promontory; and subaortic common iliac lymph nodes, at the bifurcation of the aorta; they all receive afferent vessels from the external and internal iliac nodes and send efferent vessels to the lumbar nodes. Synonym: nodi lymphatici iliaci communes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| companion lymph nodes of accessory nerve | The nodes of the lateral deep cervical group that are located along the accessory nerve; their efferent vessels pass to the supraclavicular lymph nodes. Synonym: companion lymph nodes of accessory nerve, nodi lymphatici comitantes nervi accessorii. (05 Mar 2000) |