Corpus: Celiac lymph nodes

The celiac lymph nodes are preaortic, retroperitoneal lymph nodes located around the celiac trunk.

These lymph nodes collect lymphatic fluid from the distal esophagus, greater omentum, gallbladder, liver, pancreas, stomach, spleen, and the superior and descending parts of the duodenum. The collected lymph is then transported to the cisterna chyli via the intestinal trunk.

Before reaching the celiac lymph nodes, lymph from these organs passes through several subordinate lymph nodes, including:

• Hepatic lymph nodes
• Right and left gastric lymph nodes
• Pyloric lymph nodes
• Right and left gastroomental lymph nodes
• Superior and inferior pancreatic lymph nodes
• Superior and inferior pancreaticoduodenal lymph nodes