Quick Facts
Location: At the neck of the gallbladder.
Drainage: Liver, gallbladder, and cystic duct.
Direction of Flow: Superior pancreaticoduodenal nodes > celiac nodes > intestinal trunk > cisterna chyli > thoracic duct.
Related parts of the anatomy
Description:
Description: (Location & Drainage)
The cystic node receives afferent vessels from the liver, gallbladder, and cystic duct. Its efferent vessels either reach the node of the anterior border of the omental foramen, or to the posterior nodes of the superior pancreaticoduodenal 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 cystic node receives afferent vessels from the liver, gallbladder, and cystic duct. Its efferent vessels either reach the node of the anterior border of the omental foramen, or to the posterior nodes of the superior pancreaticoduodenal nodes (Földi et al., 2012).
