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- Middle colic nodesNodi colici mediiLymph nodes in the transverse mesocolon set along the middle colic artery, draining most of the transverse colon.
- Obturator nodesNodi obturatoriiLymph nodes on the side wall of the lesser pelvis beside the obturator artery and nerve, near the obturator canal.
- Paracolic superior mesenteric nodesNodi mesenterici superiores paracoliciSmall superior mesenteric lymph nodes on the inner border of the right and transverse colon, along the marginal artery.
- Pararectal nodesNodi pararectalesLymph nodes lying on the muscular wall of the rectum, within the fatty mesorectum that surrounds it in the back of the pelvis.
- Postvesical nodesNodi postvesicalesSmall lymph nodes lying behind the urinary bladder in the fat around its base, part of the paravesical group.
- Pre-aortic nodesNodi preaorticiLymph nodes lying on the front of the abdominal aorta around the origins of its three unpaired gut arteries.
- Precaecal nodesNodi precaecalesA few small lymph nodes in front of the caecum, set along its anterior artery in the vascular fold of the caecum.
- Precaval nodesNodi precavalesLumbar lymph nodes lying on the anterior surface of the inferior vena cava, behind the peritoneum of the posterior abdominal wall.
- Prevesical nodesNodi prevesicalesSmall lymph nodes in the retropubic space, between the front of the urinary bladder and the back of the pubic symphysis.
- Retro-aortic nodesNodi retroaorticiA few lumbar lymph nodes hidden behind the abdominal aorta, on the third and fourth lumbar vertebral bodies below the cisterna chyli.
- Retrocaecal nodesNodi retrocaecalesSmall lymph nodes behind the caecum, set along the posterior caecal artery in the right iliac fossa.
- Retrocaval nodesNodi retrocavalesLumbar lymph nodes lying behind the inferior vena cava, on the right psoas and the lumbar vertebral bodies.
- Right colic nodesNodi colici dextriLymph nodes behind the peritoneum of the right flank, set along the right colic artery and draining the ascending colon.
- Right gastric nodesNodi gastrici dextri caudalesLymph nodes in the lesser omentum above the pylorus, set along the right gastric artery on the lower lesser curvature of the stomach.
- Right gastro-omental nodesNodi gastroomentales dextriLymph nodes in the greater omentum along the right gastro-omental artery, on the lower half of the greater curvature of the stomach.
- Sigmoid nodesNodi sigmoideiLymph nodes in the sigmoid mesocolon along the sigmoid arteries, draining the sigmoid colon and the lower descending colon.
- Splenic nodesNodi spleniciA small cluster of abdominal lymph nodes at the hilum of the spleen, beside the pancreatic tail and the splenic vessels.
- Subaortic nodesNodi subaorticiThe common iliac lymph nodes that lie just below the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta, in front of the lowest lumbar vertebrae.
- Superior gluteal nodesNodi glutei superioresA small group of internal iliac lymph nodes lying along the superior gluteal artery as it leaves the pelvis above piriformis.
- Superior pancreatic nodesNodi pancreatici superioresA chain of abdominal lymph nodes running along the upper border of the pancreas with the splenic artery, behind the stomach.
- Superior pancreaticoduodenal nodesNodi pancreaticoduodenales superioresThe upper set of lymph nodes in the groove between the head of the pancreas and the duodenum, along the superior pancreaticoduodenal arteries.