Explore: Mesenteric Glands

nodes The mesenteric lymph nodes or mesenteric glands are one of the three principal groups of superior mesenteric lymph nodes and lie between the layers

The inferior mesenteric lymph nodes consist of: (a) small glands on the branches of the left colic and sigmoid arteries (b) a group in the sigmoid mesocolon

being scarcely visible. He traced them to a group mesenteric glands still known as “Aselli's gland” or “pancreas Aselli”, and believed that they passed

5–14. Sebaceous adenitis is an inflammation of the sebaceous glands in the skin. These glands normally produce sebum (skin oil, a lipid-rich secretion) which

mesenteric arteries. The lymphatic vessels of the head and neck drain into intermediate lymphatic vessels around the pancreaticoduodenal, mesenteric and

contains amylase, and lingual lipase, secreted by the salivary glands, and serous glands on the tongue. Chewing mixes the food with saliva to produce a

Lumbar splanchnic nerves provide sympathetic innervation via the inferior mesenteric ganglion. Behind the sigmoid colon are the external iliac vessels, ovary

a branch of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), while the latter third is supplied by branches of the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA). The "watershed"

Castleman's disease - associated with HHV-8 infection and HIV infection Mesenteric lymphadenitis after viral systemic infection (particularly in the GALT

the bifurcation of the aorta to the superior mesenteric artery or the renal veins. The parietal lymph glands of the pelvis. Standring et al. - Gray's Anatomy