{"history":[],"article":{"id":"0fd18883-1656-49ce-97a8-65ae965f02c9","title":"Preaortic lymph nodes","slug":"preaortic-lymph-nodes","content":":::summary\n![

Left lumbar lymph nodes (paraaortic lymph nodes)
Right lumbar lymph nodes (paracaval lymph nodes)

](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Illu///lymph///chain07.jpg)\n**Name:** Preaortic lymph node \n**Latin:** nodi lymphoidei praeaortici \n**Image 2:** Gray611.png \n**Caption 2:** The parietal lymph glands of the pelvis. \n**Width:** 234 \n**Source:** [Inferior mesenteric lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/inferior-mesenteric-lymph-nodes) \n**Drainsto:** Primarily [intestinal trunk](https://bliptext.com/articles/intestinal-trunk) \n:::\n\n# \nThe **preaortic lymph nodes** lie in front of the [aorta](https://bliptext.com/articles/aorta), and may be divided into [celiac lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/celiac-lymph-nodes), [superior mesenteric lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/superior-mesenteric-lymph-nodes), and [inferior mesenteric lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/inferior-mesenteric-lymph-nodes) groups, arranged around the origins of the corresponding arteries.\nThe celiac lymph nodes are grouped into three sets: the [gastric](https://bliptext.com/articles/gastric-lymph-nodes), [hepatic](https://bliptext.com/articles/hepatic-lymph-nodes) and [splenic lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/splenic-lymph-nodes).\nThese groups also form their own subgroups.\nThe superior [mesenteric](https://bliptext.com/articles/mesenteric-lymph-nodes) lymph nodes are grouped into three sets: the [mesenteric](https://bliptext.com/articles/mesenteric-lymph-nodes), [ileocolic](https://bliptext.com/articles/ileocolic-lymph-nodes) and [mesocolic lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/mesocolic-lymph-nodes).\nThe inferior mesenteric lymph nodes have a subgroup of [pararectal lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/pararectal-lymph-nodes).\nThe preaortic lymph nodes receive a few vessels from the [lateral aortic lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/lateral-aortic-lymph-nodes), but their principal afferents are derived from the organs supplied by the three arteries with which they are associated–the [celiac](https://bliptext.com/articles/celiac-artery), [superior](https://bliptext.com/articles/superior-mesenteric-artery) and [inferior mesenteric arteries](https://bliptext.com/articles/inferior-mesenteric-artery).\nSome of their efferents pass to the [retroaortic lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/retroaortic-lymph-nodes), but the majority unite to form the [intestinal lymph trunk](https://bliptext.com/articles/intestinal-lymph-trunk), which enters the [cisterna chyli](https://bliptext.com/articles/cisterna-chyli).\n\n# Additional images","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T08:47:19.775Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T08:47:19.775Z","search_vector":"'lymph':2 'node':3 'preaortic':1","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Preaortic lymph node \n**Latin:** nodi lymphoidei praeaortici \n**Image 2:** Gray611.png \n**Caption 2:** The parietal lymph glands of the pelvis. \n**Width:** 234 \n**Source:** [Inferior mesenteric lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/inferior-mesenteric-lymph-nodes) \n**Drainsto:** Primarily [intestinal trunk](https://bliptext.com/articles/intestinal-trunk) \n \n\n# \nThe **preaortic lymph nodes** lie in front of the [aorta](https://bliptext.com/articles/aorta), and may be divided into [celiac lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/celiac-lymph-nodes), [superior mesenteric lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/superior-mesenteric-lymph-nodes), and [inferior mesenteric lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/inferior-mesenteric-lymph-nodes) groups, arranged around the origins of the corresponding arteries.\nThe celiac lymph nodes are grouped into three sets: the [gastric](https://bliptext.com/articles/gastric-lymph-nodes), [hepatic](https://bliptext.com/articles/hepatic-lymph-nodes) and [splenic lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/splenic-lymph-nodes).\nThese groups also form their own subgroups.\nThe superior [mesenteric](https://bliptext.com/articles/mesenteric-lymph-nodes) lymph nodes are grouped into three sets: the [mesenteric](https://bliptext.com/articles/mesenteric-lymph-nodes), [ileocolic](https://bliptext.com/articles/ileocolic-lymph-nodes) and [mesocolic lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/mesocolic-lymph-nodes).\nThe inferior mesenteric lymph nodes have a subgroup of [pararectal lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/pararectal-lymph-nodes).\nThe preaortic lymph nodes receive a few vessels from the [lateral aortic lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/lateral-aortic-lymph-nodes), but their principal afferents are derived from the organs supplied by the three arteries with which they are associated–the [celiac](https://bliptext.com/articles/celiac-artery), [superior](https://bliptext.com/articles/superior-mesenteric-artery) and [inferior mesenteric arteries](https://bliptext.com/articles/inferior-mesenteric-artery).\nSome of their efferents pass to the [retroaortic lymph nodes](https://bliptext.com/articles/retroaortic-lymph-nodes), but the majority unite to form the [intestinal lymph trunk](https://bliptext.com/articles/intestinal-lymph-trunk), which enters the [cisterna chyli](https://bliptext.com/articles/cisterna-chyli).\n\n# Additional images","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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