appendicular lymph nodes

ap·pen·dic·u·lar lymph nodes

[TA]

visceral nodes along the appendicular vessels in the mesoappendix; they receive afferent vessels from the vermiform appendix and send efferent vessels to the ileocolic lymph nodes.

Synonym(s): nodi lymphoidei appendiculares [TA]

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