Common iliac lymph nodes

Lymph: Common iliac lymph nodes
Common Iliac Lymph Nodes 1. Medial common iliac 2. Intermediate common iliac 3. Lateral common iliac 4. Subaortic common iliac 5. Common iliac nodes of promontory External Iliac Lymph Nodes 6. Medial external iliac 7. Intermediate external iliac 8. Lateral external iliac 9. Medial lacunar (femoral) 10. Intermediate lacunar (femoral) 11. Lateral lacunar (femoral) 12. Interiliac external iliac 13. Obturator (external iliac obturatory)
Regional lymph tissue
Latin	nodi lymphoidei iliaci communes
Gray's	subject #180 704
Source	internal iliac lymph nodes, external iliac lymph nodes
Drains to	lateral aortic lymph nodes

The common iliac lymph nodes, four to six in number, are grouped behind and on the sides of the common iliac artery, one or two being placed below the bifurcation of the aorta, in front of the fifth lumbar vertebra.

They drain chiefly the hypogastric and external iliac glands, and their efferents pass to the lateral aortic glands.

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