Lymph: Inferior mesenteric lymph nodes
Lymphatics of colon. (Inferior mesenteric labeled at bottom center.)
Latin	nodi lymphoidei mesenterici inferiores
Gray's	subject #180 710
Drains to	preaortic lymph node

The inferior mesenteric glands consist of:

• (a) small glands on the branches of the left colic and sigmoid arteries
• (b) a group in the sigmoid mesocolon, around the superior hemorrhoidal artery
• (c) a pararectal group in contact with the muscular coat of the rectum

They drain the descending iliac and sigmoid parts of the colon and the upper part of the rectum; their efferents pass to the preaortic glands.

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Regional lymph tissue

Lymph Nodes of the Large Intestine and Lower Abdomen

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