External iliac lymph nodes
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Latin = nodi lymphoidei iliaci externi |
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Caption = '''Common Iliac Lymph Nodes'''<BR>1. Medial common iliac<BR>2. Intermediate common iliac<BR>3. Lateral common iliac<BR>4. Subaortic common iliac<BR>5. Common iliac nodes of promontory<BR><BR>'''External Iliac Lymph Nodes'''<BR>6. Medial external iliac<BR>7. Intermediate external iliac<BR>8. Lateral external iliac<BR>9. Medial lacunar (femoral)<BR>10. Intermediate lacunar (femoral)<BR>11. Lateral lacunar (femoral)<BR>12. Interiliac external iliac<BR>13. Obturator (external iliac obturatory) |
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Source = [[inguinal lymph node]] |
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The '''external iliac lymph nodes''', from eight to ten in number, lie along the [[external iliac vessels]].
They are arranged in three groups, one on the lateral, another on the medial, and a third on the anterior aspect of the vessels; the third group is, however, sometimes absent.
Their principal afferents are derived from the [[inguinal lymph node]]s, the deep lymphatics of the abdominal wall below the [[umbilicus]] and of the adductor region of the thigh, and the lymphatics from the [[glans penis]] vel clitoridis, the [[membranous urethra]], the [[prostate]], the [[fundus of the urinary bladder]], the [[cervix uteri]], and upper part of the [[vagina]].
==Additional images==
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Image:Lymph_node_regions.jpg |Regional lymph tissue
Image:Gray611.png | The [[parietal]] [[lymph glands]] of the [[pelvis]].
Image:Gray612.png | Iliopelvic glands (lateral view).
Image:Gray619.png | Lymphatics of the prostate.
Image:Gray621.png| Deep lymph nodes and vessels of the thorax and abdomen.
</gallery>
==See also==
* [[Internal iliac lymph nodes]]
==External links==
* [http://training.seer.cancer.gov/ss_module08_lymph_leuk/lymph_unit02_sec03_lymph_chains_10.html Diagram #1 at cancer.gov]
* [http://training.seer.cancer.gov/ss_module08_lymph_leuk/lymph_unit02_sec03_lymph_chains_11.html Diagram #2 at cancer.gov]
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