Cranial mesenteric lymph center

The cranial mesenteric lymph center includes the lymph nodes localized along the arteria mesenterica cranialis and its branches. It receives lymph from the viscera supplied by the cranial mesenteric artery, that is, from the entire intestine except for the initial portion of the duodenum, the caudal half of the descending colon, and the rectum:

• Cranial mesenteric lymph nodes

• Jejunal lymph nodes

• Ileocecal lymph nodes

• Ileocolic lymph nodes

• Cecal lymph nodes

• Colic lymph nodes