Hepatic lymph nodes
Lymph nodes on the common hepatic artery / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The hepatic lymph nodes consist of the following groups:
- (a) hepatic, on the stem of the hepatic artery, and extending upward along the common bile duct, between the two layers of the lesser omentum, as far as the porta hepatis; the cystic gland, a member of this group, is placed near the neck of the gall-bladder;
- (b) subpyloric, four or five in number, in close relation to the bifurcation of the gastroduodenal artery, in the angle between the superior and descending parts of the duodenum; an outlying member of this group is sometimes found above the duodenum on the right gastric (pyloric) artery.
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Hepatic lymph nodes | |
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System | Lymphatic system |
Drains to | Celiac lymph nodes |
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Latin | nodi lymphoidei hepatici lymphoglandulae hepaticae |
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The lymph nodes of the hepatic chain receive afferents from the stomach, duodenum, liver, gall-bladder, and pancreas; their efferents join the celiac group of preaortic lymph nodes.