Common_iliac_lymph_nodes

Common iliac lymph nodes

Common iliac lymph nodes

Lymph nodes found in the pelvis

The common iliac lymph nodes, four to six in number, are grouped behind and on the sides of the common iliac artery, one or two being placed below the bifurcation of the aorta, in front of the fifth lumbar vertebra.

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They drain chiefly the hypogastric and external iliac glands, and their efferents pass to the lateral aortic glands.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 704 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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