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ANGIOLOGY 



penis vel clitoridis, the membranous urethra, the prostate, the fundus of the bladder, 

 the cervix uteri, and upper part of the vagina. 



The Common Iliac Glands, four to six in number, are grouped behind and on the 

 sides of the common iliac artery, one or two being placed below the bifurcation 

 of the aorta, in front of the fifth lumbar vertebra. They drain chiefly the hypo- 

 gastric and external iliac glands, and their efferents pass to the lateral aortic glands. 



The Epigastric Glands (lymphoglandulce epigastricce) , three or four in number, 

 are placed alongside the lower portion of the inferior epigastric vessels. 



Right lateral aortic 





Gland in 



front of sacral ~Tv^ 

 promontory 



"V. ' 1 

 Common iliac 3 



External iliac 



Obturator artery 



External iliac 



Obturator gland 



FIG. 611. The parietal lymph glands of the pelvis. (Cun6o and Marcille.) 



The Iliac Circumflex Glands, two to four in number, are situated along the course 

 of the deep iliac circumflex vessels; they are sometimes absent. 



The Hypogastric Glands (lymphoglanduloe hypogastriccs; internal iliac gland} 

 (Fig. 612) surround the hypogastric vessels, and receive the lymphatics corre- 

 sponding to the distribution of the branches of the hypogastric artery, i. e., they 

 receive lymphatics from all the pelvic viscera, from the deeper parts of the perineum, 

 including the membranous and cavernous portions of the urethra, and from the 

 buttock and back of the thigh. An obturator gland is sometimes seen in the upper 

 part of the obturator foramen. 



The Sacral Glands are placed in the concavity of the sacrum, in relation to the 



