Sacral lymph nodes

The sacral lymph nodes are placed in the concavity of the sacrum, in relation to the middle and lateral sacral arteries; they receive lymphatics from the rectum and posterior wall of the pelvis.

Sacral lymph nodes
Sacral is #3
Details
System	Lymphatic system
Drains to	Common iliac lymph nodes
Identifiers
Latin	nodi lymphoidei sacrales
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 704 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• http://anatomy.uams.edu/AnatomyHTML/lymph_pelvis&perineum.html Archived 2004-08-20 at the Wayback Machine