Mesenteric lymph nodes

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Drains to Intestinal lymph trunk		Dorlands /Elsevier n_09/12576745

Latin Nodi lymphoidei mesenterici

The mesenteric lymph nodes lie between the layers of the mesentery.

They number from one hundred to one hundred and fifty, and are sited as three groups:

one group lying close to the wall of the small intestine, among the terminal twigs of the superior mesenteric artery;

a second group placed in relation to the loops and primary branches of the vessels;

and a third group located along the trunk of the artery.

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