Inguinal nodes Health Dictionary

An extrusion of the abdominal PERITONEUM, sometimes containing a loop of bowel, through natural openings in the region of either groin (see HERNIA).... inguinal hernia

The central drainage and metabolic organs strung along the lymph vessels. The mesenchymal structure is native, being present at birth. The functional cells have all migrated there, some recently from the marrow, spleen, thymus or blood, others have resided since a few months after birth. Much of the antibody memory is stored in these nodes, and having only venous blood supply, lymph nodes are constantly shunting metabolized substances back into the blood, so the final lymph drainage from the thoracic duct into the left subclavian vein (or the right subclavian) contains fluid already screened and cleansed by many nodes.... lymph nodes

Relating to the groin (the area between the abdomen and thigh), as in inguinal hernia.... inguinal

Small hard knobs which appear at the sides of the last phalanges of the ?ngers in people who have OSTEOARTHRITIS.... heberden’s nodes

The groin – that area of the body where the lower part of the abdomen meets the upper thigh. The inguinal ligaments extend on each side from the superior spines of the iliac bones to the pubic bone. It is also called Poupart’s ligament (see diagram of ABDOMEN).... inguinal region

See KAWASAKI DISEASE.... mucocutaneous lymph nodesyndrome

Small, greyish-white nodules that develop on the vocal cords as the result of constant voice strain.

In acute cases, treatment consists of resting the voice.

In chronic cases, surgical removal of the nodes may be necessary.... singer’s nodes

either of a pair of openings that connect the abdominal cavity with the scrotum in the male fetus. The inguinal canals provide a route for the descent of the testes into the scrotum, after which they normally become obliterated.... inguinal canal

(Poupart’s ligament) a ligament in the groin that extends from the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle. It is part of the *aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle of the abdomen.... inguinal ligament

purplish nodes on the finger pulp or the *thenar or *hypothenar eminence. They are usually tender and a sign of bacterial *endocarditis. [Sir W. Osler]... osler’s nodes

protrusions of the pulpy inner material of an intervertebral disc into the vertebral body, generally found in the thoracic and lumbar spine. [C. G. Schmorl (1861–1932), German pathologist]... schmorl’s nodes