354 INGUINAL AND EXTERNAL ILIAC GLANDS. 



The absorbents which proceed from the glands last mentioned, 

 joined to those which pass under Poupart's ligament without 

 entering these glands, and some which come from the pelvis, form 

 a large plexus, which almost surrounds the external iliac 

 vessels, and contains many glands. 



These External Iliac Glands vary in their number from 

 six to ten or twelve. They lie on the side of the pelvis, in the 

 course of the external iliac vessels, and some of them are of 

 considerable size. These glands and the plexus of absorbents, 

 extend in the track of the iliac vessels, to the first lumbar ver- 

 tebra. In this course they are joined by the plexus which 

 comes from the pelvis ; and soon after they arrive at the 

 Lumbar Glands, which form a very large assemblage, that 

 extends from the bifurcation of the aorta to the crura of the 

 diaphragm. 



These glands lie irregularly on the aorta, the vena cava, and 

 the lumbar vertebrae. Most, if not all, the absorbents above 

 mentioned pass through some of them ; and from the union of 

 these absorbents, some of the great branches, which unite to 

 form the thoracic duct, are derived. 



In this course, from the thigh to the lumbar glands, these 

 absorbent vessels are joined by several others. The Superficial 

 Absorbents of the scrotum commonly enter into the upper 

 inguinal glands, and thus unite to the great body of absorbents. 



The Absorbents of the Testicles, originate in the body, and 

 the coats of the testicle, and in the epididymis, and are remark- 

 ably large and numerous. They proceed along the spermatic 

 cord, through the abdominal ring, to the lumbar glands. These 

 vessels are remarkable for the little communication they have 

 with each other. 



The Deep-seated Absorbents of the Scrotum accompany the 

 absorbents of the testicle to the lumbar glands ; but those which 

 are superficial enter the upper inguinal glands. 



The Absorbents of the Penis are also deep-seated and super- 

 ficial. The deep-seated arise from the body of the penis, and 

 accompany the internal pudic artery, into the pelvis. The 

 superficial absorbents arise from the prepuce, and pass along 



