Anatom3DParietal pelvic lymph nodes
Nodi pelvis parietales · Parietální pánevní mízní uzliny
Lymphatic & immune
Looks like
Nodes along the big blood vessels of the pelvic walls: the common, internal and external iliac and obturator vessels.
What it does
Filter lymph from the pelvic organs, perineum and, via the groin, the legs.
Keeping it well
Key in staging cancer of the prostate, bladder, cervix, womb and rectum; sampled at surgery or checked by scans.