Splenic lymph node

The splenic lymph nodes are found at the splenic hilum and in relation to the tail of the pancreas (pancreaticolienal lymph nodes).^[1][2]

Splenic lymph nodes
Lymphatics of stomach, etc.
Lymphatics of stomach, etc. The stomach has been turned upward.
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Drains to	Celiac lymph nodes
Identifiers
Latin	nodi lymphoidei splenici
FMA	66187
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Their afferents are derived from the stomach, spleen, and pancreas. The splenic lymph nodes empty into the suprapancreatic, infrapancreatic and omental lymph nodes, which then drain to the coeliac nodes and cisterna chyli.^[1][2]

Additional images

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  Visceral nodes of the abdominal cavity

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 706 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

1. Standring, Susan (2016). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice (41st ed.). Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-7020-5230-9. OCLC 920806541.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. Moore, Keith L.; Dalley, Arthur F. II; Agur, A. M. R. (13 February 2013). Clinically oriented anatomy (7th ed.). Philadelphia. ISBN 978-1-4511-1945-9. OCLC 813301028.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)