► Lower limb
Lymphatics of the inguinal region
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Surface
Skeleton I
Muscles
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Overview
Pelvis
Hip
Lig inguinale
Nodi lymphoidei inguinales
superficiales
V, saphena accessoria
(medialis)
V circumflexa ilium
superficialis
V. epigastrica superficialis
V. saphena magna
Funiculus spermaticus
Vv pudendae externae
V saphena magna
M adductor longus
Fig. 1387
Superficial lymphatics, lymph nodes
and major veins of the inguinal region, Regio inguinalis
M. psoas major
Nodi lymphoidei iliaci extern!,
Nodi laterales
Nodi lymphoidei iliaci externi,
Nodi mediates
A ; V iliaca externa
Nodi lymphoidei inguinales
superficiales, Nodi superolaterales
Lig. inguinale
Nodi lymphoidei inguinales
superficiales, Nodi superomediales
Hiatus saphenus
Nodi lymphoidei iliaci interni
A.; V, iliaca interna
Rectum
Ovarium
Uterus
Vesica urinaria
Nodi lymphoidei inguinales,
(Nodi profundi)
Nodi lymphoidei inguinales
superficiales, Nodi inferiores
Fig. 1388
Draining areas of the lymph nodes in the
inguinal region, Regio inguinalis, of the female;
overview.
The arrows indicate possible directions of the flow of lymph.
* In some rare cases, the m edial parts of the uterine tube and
the fundus of the uterus may be drained by superficial lym ph nodes
in the inguinal region via the round ligam ent of uterus
