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ANATOMY IX A NUTSHELL 



accompany the obturator vessels. All these pass with the internal iliac 

 artery to join the Lumbar mules. (4) Those ok tin: penis pass with the internal 

 pudic vessels to join the internal iliac nodes. 



The lymphatic vessels of the bladder pass through its mules mi the pos- 

 terior surface ami join the lymphatic vessels from the prostate gland ami seminal 

 vesicles pass into the internal iliac nodes which surround the internal iliac blood 

 vessels. These nodes receive radicles corresponding to the branches of the 

 internal iliac artery and they communicate with the lumbar nodes. 



The lymphatic vessels of the rectum pass through nodes on its outer wall 

 and in the meso-rectum. They empty into the sacral nodes which occupy the 

 sides and t'roiii of the sacrum in the meso-rectal fold. 



PLATE CCLXIV 



SUPERIOR TURBINATED 



INFERIOR TURBINATED 



The Meatuses. 



Tin' lymphatic vessels of the uterus are. (1) SUPERFICIAL ONES which are 



situated under the peiitoneum and (2) deep ones situated in the substance 

 of the uterus. Those from the vagina and from the cervix pass into the sacral 

 nodes and internal iliac nodes, while those from the body and fundus pass into 

 the -broad ligamenl to join those from the ovaries, broad ligaments, and Fallo- 

 pian tubes to pa-- with the ovarian vessels to the lumbar nodes. These lum- 

 bar nodes are situated around the common iliac vessels, the aorta, and inferior 

 vena cava on the front of the lumbal- vertebrae. They receive vessels from the 

 lower extremities, pelvis, testes, ami some of the abdominal viscera. They 

 unite with the lacteal- to help form the thoracic duct. The lateral lumbar 

 nodes are situated between the transverse processes of the vertebra? behind the 



