Celiac lymph center

The celiac lymph center is a major abdominal lymphatic center located that includes the different lymph nodes around the origin of the celiac artery and its branches (hepatic artery, splenic artery and left gastric artery):

• Celiac lymph nodes

• Splenic lymph nodes

• Gastric lymph nodes

  • Right ruminal lymph nodes

  • Left ruminal lymph nodes

  • Cranial ruminal lymph nodes

  • Reticular lymph nodes

  • Omasal lymph nodes

  • Ruminoabomasal lymph nodes

  • Reticuloabomasal lymph nodes

  • Dorsal abomasal lymph nodes

  • Ventral abomasal lymph nodes

• Hepatic lymph nodes

• Accessory hepatic lymph nodes

• Pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes

• Omental lymph nodes

These nodes receive afferent lymphatics from the stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, and proximal duodenum, reflecting their central role in draining lymph from the foregut and associated organs.