Internal iliac lymph nodes

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Internal iliac lymph nodes
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Iliopelvic glands, lateral view. (Hypogastric labeled at upper right.)
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Internal Iliac Nodes
  1. Superior gluteal
  2. Inferior gluteal
  3. Sacral
Perivesical Lymph Nodes
  1. Prevesicular
  2. Postvesicular
  3. Lateral vesicular
  4. Parauterine
  5. Paravaginal
  6. Anorectal (pararectal)
Details
System Lymphatic system
Drains to Common iliac lymph nodes
Identifiers
Latin nodi lymphoidei iliaci interni
FMA 16654
Anatomical terminology

The internal iliac lymph nodes (or hypogastric) surround the internal iliac artery and its branches (the hypogastric vessels), and receive the lymphatics corresponding to the distribution of the branches of it, i. e., they receive lymphatics from all the pelvic viscera, from the deeper parts of the perineum, including the membranous and cavernous portions of the urethra, and from the buttock and back of the thigh. The internal iliac lymph nodes also drain the superior half of the rectum, above the pectinate line. [1] [2]

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It does not receive lymph from the ovary or testis, which drain to the paraaortic lymph nodes.

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References

PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 704 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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