Quick Facts
Location: Accompany the anterior and posterior cecal arteries.
Drainage: Cecum and appendix.
Direction of Flow: Ileocolic nodes > central superior mesenteric nodes > Intestinal trunk or left lumbar trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The prececal and retrocecal nodes receive afferents from the cecum and the appendix. Their efferents drain into the ileocolic nodes or directly to the central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
References
Földi, M., Földi, E., Strößenreuther, R. and Kubik, S. (2012) Földi's Textbook of Lymphology: for Physicians and Lymphedema Therapists. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The prececal and retrocecal nodes receive afferents from the cecum and the appendix. Their efferents drain into the ileocolic nodes or directly to the central superior mesenteric nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
