MEDICAL BIOLOGY, HUMAN ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND PATHOLOGY - Ya.I. Fedoniuk 2010

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY

CHAPTER 5. BLOOD AND LYMPH CIRCULATION AND ITS PATHOLOGY

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE LYMPHATIC AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS

1. LYMPHATIC VESSELS AND NODES OF THE LOWER LIMB

The following Lymph Nodes are distinguished in the lower limb:

1) popliteal lymph nodes, which receive lymph from the lateral margin of the FOOT and the lower lateral surface of the leg (Fig. 5.46 b);

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Fig. 5.46. Superficial Lymphatic vessels of the lower limb (diagram)

2) inguinal lymph nodes—superficial and deep (Fig. 5.46 a, 7.47)—which drain lymph from the remaining areas of the lower limb, as well as from the gluteal region, the anterior abdominal wall, and the external genitalia. This explains the reaction of the inguinal nodes (enlargement and tenderness) during purulent Skin inflammation, such as panaritium of the great toe.

Fig. 5.47. Superficial LYMPH NODES AND their connections



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